Acceptability of an emotional and behavioural screening tool for children in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in urban NSW

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 894-900

  Williamson, Anna ^a,b   Redman, Sally ^b   Dadds, Mark ^a   Daniels, John ^c   D'Este, Catherine ^d   Raphael, Beverley ^e,f   Eades, Sandra ^g   Skinner, Tracey ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cultural acceptability; SDQ

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77957998363     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.489505     Document Type: Article

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