“Yarning” as a Method for Community-Based Health Research With Indigenous Women: The Indigenous Women's Wellness Research Program

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1216-1226

  Walker, Melissa ^a   Fredericks, Bronwyn ^b   Mills, Kyly ^a   Anderson, Debra ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; NARRATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84919455011     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2013.815754     Document Type: Article

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