Listening, sharing understanding and facilitating consumer, family and community empowerment through a priority driven partnership in Far North Queensland

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Haswell Elkins, Melissa ^a   Reilly, Lyndon ^a   Fagan, Ruth ^b   Ypinazar, Valmae ^a   Hunter, Ernest ^c   Tsey, Komla ^d   Gibson, Victor ^a   Connolly, Brian ^b   Laliberte, Arlene ^a   Wargent, Rachael ^a   Gibson, Teresa ^a   Saunders, Vicki ^a   McCalman, Janya ^d   Kavanagh, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service   (Australia)

^c Cairns District Health Service   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Empowerment; Indigenous; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; EMOTION; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUEENSLAND;

EID: 70349328035     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560902948688     Document Type: Short Survey

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