Aboriginal Health Workers experience multilevel barriers to quitting smoking: A qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dawson, Anna P ^a   Cargo, Margaret ^a   Stewart, Harold ^b   Chong, Alwin ^b   Daniel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people, Australia; Health care professionals; Qualitative research; Smoking cessation; Tobacco and health

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH WORKER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNDING; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SMOKING CESSATION;

AUSTRALIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84861329416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-27     Document Type: Article

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