The experiences of remote and rural aboriginal health workers and registered nurses who undertook a postgraduate diabetes course to improve the health of Indigenous Australians

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-117

  King, Meri ^a   King, Lindy ^a   Willis, Eileen ^b   Munt, Rebecca ^a   Semmens, Frith ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Graduate Certifi cate Diabetes Management and Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes education for Aboriginal Health Workers; Indigenous australians; Perceptions of specialist diabetes courses; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84871183887     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.42.1.107     Document Type: Article

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