Living in 'Birdsville': Exploring the impact of neighbourhood stigma on health

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-388

  Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Warr, Deborah J ^a   Feldman, Peter ^a   Tacticos, Theonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area; Health; Intervention; Stigma

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIGMA;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 73049083330     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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