Meaning of health: The perspectives of aboriginal adults and youth in a northern Manitoba First Nations community

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Isaak, Corinne A ^a   Marchessault, Gail ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

First Nations youth; Meaning of health; Medicine Wheel

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICINE WHEEL; MENTAL HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45849125318     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-2671(08)22008-3     Document Type: Article

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