Improving Aboriginal maternal and infant health services in the 'Top End' of Australia; Synthesis of the findings of a health services research program aimed at engaging stakeholders, developing research capacity and embedding change

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barclay, Lesley ^a   Kruske, Sue ^b   Bar Zeev, Sarah ^a   Steenkamp, Malinda ^c   Josif, Cathryn ^a   Narjic, Concepta Wulili ^d   Wardaguga, Molly ^h   Belton, Suzanne ^f   Gao, Yu ^a   Dunbar, Terry ^g   Kildea, Sue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Wadaye Post Office   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australian; Cultural safety; Indigenous health care workforce; Indigenous infant care; Indigenous maternity care; Remote health services

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84902537508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-241     Document Type: Article

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