Health literacy and Australian Indigenous peoples: An analysis of the role of language and worldview

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Vass, Alyssa ^a   Mitchell, Alice ^a   Dhurrkay, Yurranydjil ^a  

^a Aboriginal Resource and Development Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health belief; Health education; Health literacy; Health promotion; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 79957443946     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he11033     Document Type: Review

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