The Australian Government's 'Social Inclusion Agenda': the intersection between public health and social policy

Critical Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-59

  Carey, Gemma ^a   Riley, Therese ^a   Crammond, Brad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

marginalisation; participation; social policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INCLUSION POLICY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 84857321019     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2011.559535     Document Type: Article

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