Identifying gaps in asthma education, health promotion, and social support for Mi'kmaq families in Unama'ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia, Canada

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Watson, Rob ^a   Castleden, Heather ^a   Partnership, Tui'kn ^b   Masuda, Jeffrey ^c   King, Malcolm ^d   Stewart, Miriam ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dalhousie University ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84869053316     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.120039     Document Type: Article

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