A hub and spokes approach to building community capacity for eating disorders in rural Western Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Mccormack, Julie ^a   Watson, Hunna J ^a,b,c   Harris, Chris ^a   Potts, Julie ^a   Forbes, David ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Canberra ACT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community based training; Eating disorder; Education; Outreach; Rural mental health

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; EATING DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84873473687     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12007     Document Type: Article

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