Cultural respect strategies in Australian Aboriginal primary health care services: Beyond education and training of practitioners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-361

  Freeman, Toby ^a   Edwards, Tahnia ^a   Baum, Fran ^a   Lawless, Angela ^a   Jolley, Gwyn ^a   Javanparast, Sara ^a   Francis, Theresa ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health and Transition Services Southern Adelaide Local Health Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; cultural respect; primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INTERVIEW; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84905560786     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12231     Document Type: Article

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