Listening to indigenous health workers: Helping to explain the disconnect between policy and practice in oral health role development in remote Australia

Health Education Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-406

  Walker, David ^a   Tennant, Marc ^b   Short, Stephanie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

health personnel role development; Indigenous Health Workers; oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKER;

EID: 83655181065     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896911428368     Document Type: Article

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