Impact of a short, culturally relevant training course on cancer knowledge and confidence in Western Australia's Aboriginal Health Professionals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Croager, Emma J ^a   Eades, Tracey ^a   Pratt, Iain Stephen ^b   Slevin, Terry ^a,b  

^a Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cancer; Education; Indigenous; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956629685     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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