Kaupapa Maori Action Research to improve heart disease services in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-31

  Kerr, Sandy ^a   Penney, Liane ^a   Moewaka Barnes, Helen ^a   McCreanor, Tim ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action Research; Aotearoa New Zealand; Indigenous; Ischaemic heart disease; Kaupapa Maori; Maori

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESEARCH WORK; WELFARE REFORM;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77951247096     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850903374476     Document Type: Article

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