Towards better practice in primary health care settings for young people

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-144

  Kang, Melissa ^a   Bernard, Diana ^b   Usherwood, Tim ^a   Quine, Susan ^c   Alperstein, Garth ^d   Kerr Roubicek, Helen ^e   Elliott, Abigail ^f   Bennett, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^e Department of Education and Training ^*  (Australia)

^f New South Wales Association for Adolescent Health Inc

Author keywords

Access to health care; Adolescents; Better practice; Service delivery; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33845689231     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he06139     Document Type: Article

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