Yarning about health checks: Barriers and enablers in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-157

  Jennings, Warren ^a,b,c   Spurling, Geoffrey K ^b,c   Askew, Deborah A ^b,c  

^a The Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Inala Indigenous Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; indigenous; preventative; preventive; qualitative

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84901030948     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY12138     Document Type: Article

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