Attitudes and characteristics of health professionals working in Aboriginal health

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wilson, A M ^a   Magarey, A M ^a   Jones, M ^b   O'Donnell, K ^a   Kelly, J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Attitudes; Experience; Health professional; Indigenous; Practice

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; MANPOWER; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMFORT; DIETITIAN; EATING; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LEARNING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORKER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84929008021     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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