Our games our health: A cultural asset for promoting health in Indigenous communities

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-108

  Parker, Elizabeth ^a   Meiklejohn, Beryl ^a   Patterson, Carla ^a   Edwards, Ken ^a   Preece, Cilla ^b   Shuter, Patricia ^a   Gould, Irish ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community capacity building; Health promotion; Indigenous health; Traditional games

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33845698149     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he06103     Document Type: Article

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