Aboriginal medical services cure more than illness: A qualitative study of how Indigenous services address the health impacts of discrimination in Brisbane communities

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Baba, Josifini T ^a   Brolan, Claire E ^a   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Community controlled health services; Discrimination; Fear; Healthcare seeking behaviour; Indigenous; Mental health

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEENSLAND; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RACISM;

EID: 84921478906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-56     Document Type: Article

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