Ethnic and Indigenous access to early childhood healthcare services in Australia: Parents' perceived unmet needs and related barriers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Ou, Lixin ^a   Chen, Jack ^a   Garrett, Pamela ^b   Hillman, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier; Disparity; Early childhood; Health services; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79953822925     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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