Barriers and enablers of health promotion, prevention and early intervention in primary care: Evidence to inform the Australian national dementia strategy

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Travers, Catherine ^a   Martin Khan, Melinda ^a   Lie, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Dementia; Health promotion; Primary health care; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68049143300     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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