Smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity interventions targeting Indigenous australians: Rigorous evaluations and new directions needed

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Clifford, Anton ^a   Pulver, Lisa Jackson ^b   Richmond, Robyn ^c   Shakeshaft, Anthony ^c   Ivers, Rowena ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous population; Intervention studies; Review

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953808113     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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