Deadly choicestrade; community health events: A health promotion initiative for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 379-383

  Malseed, Claire ^a,b   Nelson, Alison ^a,b   Ware, Robert ^a,b   Lacey, Ian ^a   Lander, Keiron ^a  

^a Institute for Urban Indigenous Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908667253     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY14041     Document Type: Article

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