An ecological approach to health promotion in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-53

  McDonald, Elizabeth ^a   Bailie, Ross ^a   Grace, Jocelyn ^b   Brewster, David ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Ecological approach; Hygiene; Indigenous Australian

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; ECOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249105394     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq004     Document Type: Article

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