The risk status, screening history and health concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 617-624

  Stewart, Jessica M ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^a   Eades, Sandra ^b   Fitzgerald, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Indigenous health service; Mass screening; Primary health care; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863832136     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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