Wisdom and influence of elders: Possibilities for health promotion and decreasing tobacco exposure in first nations communities

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Carey, Joanne ^b   Sullivan, Debbie ^c   Williams, Wanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Gitsegukla Health Programs and Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Indigenous population; Mothers; Passive smoking; Pregnant women; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954749654     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404363     Document Type: Article

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