Using participatory action research in community-based rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury: From service provision to partnership with Aboriginal communities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1901-1911

  Gauld, Susan ^a   Smith, Sharon ^a   Kendall, Melissa Bianca ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal People; acquired brain injury; community development; indigenous people

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURY; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; REHABILITATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 80052056712     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.550382     Document Type: Review

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