Alive and Kicking Goals!: Preliminary fi ndings from a Kimberley suicide prevention program

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-245

  Tighe, Joe ^a   Mckay, Kathy ^b  

^a Men's Outreach Service Inc   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Indigenous; Kimberley; Peer education; Sport; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866357604     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2012.10.3.240     Document Type: Article

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