Implementing a chronic disease strategy in two remote Indigenous Australian settings: A multi-method pilot evaluation

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-74

  D'abbs, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Barbara ^a   Dougherty, Kathryn ^b   Senior, Kate ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Chronic disease strategy; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INSULIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFLUENZA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 40449111667     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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