From causes to solutions - Insights from lay knowledge about health inequalities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Putland, Christine ^a   Baum, Fran E ^a   Ziersch, Anna M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79251538922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-67     Document Type: Article

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