Mobilisation, politics, investment and constant adaptation: Lessons from the Australian health-promotion response to HIV

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-41

  Brown, Graham ^a,b,c   O'Donnell, Daryl ^d,e   Crooks, Levinia ^a,f   Lake, Rob ^g  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Mental Health Commission of NSW   (Australia)

^e NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^f Australasian Society for HIV Medicine   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF AIDS ORGANISATIONS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFE SEX; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84898955236     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: 22011617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HE13078     Document Type: Article

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