Empowerment and Indigenous Australian health: A synthesis of findings from family wellbeing formative research

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Tsey, Komla ^a   Whiteside, Mary ^a   Haswell Elkins, Melissa ^b   Bainbridge, Roxanne ^a   Cadet James, Yvonne ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community participation; Emotions in health care; Empowerment; Indigenous Australians; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUEENSLAND; SELF EFFICACY; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349083715     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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