A community partnership to explore mental health services in first nations communities in Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 432-435

  Vukic, Adele ^a   Rudderham, Sharon ^b   Misener, Ruth Martin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; First Nations; Mental health; OCAP principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950142645     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404339     Document Type: Article

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