Improving access to hard-to-reach services: A soft entry approach to drug and alcohol services for Rural Australian aboriginal communities

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 443-465

  Allan, Julaine ^a   Campbell, Michele ^b  

^a The Lyndon Community   (Australia)

^b The Lyndon Outreach Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Access; Rural drug and alcohol services; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARD;

ALCOHOLISM; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79960738411     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2011.581745     Document Type: Article

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