The transformative potential of young motherhood for disadvantaged aboriginal and torres strait Islander women in Townsville, Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 551-555

  Larkins, Sarah L ^a   Page, R Priscilla ^a   Panaretto, Kathryn S ^b,c   Mitchell, Melvina ^c   Alberts, Valerie ^a   McGinty, Suzanne ^a   Veitch, P Craig ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QLD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ABORTION; ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAPPINESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL ABUSE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 79957930096     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03100.x     Document Type: Article

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