Health seeking behaviours among Chinese-Australian women: Implications for health promotion programmes

Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-415

  Kwok, Cannas ^a   Sullivan, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Health promotion; Health seeking behaviours

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 34347245647     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307077552     Document Type: Article

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