How an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service improved access to mental health care

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hepworth, Julie ^a   Askew, Deborah ^a,b   Foley, Wendy ^b   Duthie, Deb ^a   Shuter, Patricia ^a   Combo, Michelle ^b   Clements, Lesley Ann ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Access; Cultural safety; Indigenous; Integrated care; Mental health services; Primary health care; Psychology; Qualitative research; Social work

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL SAFETY; DIETITIAN; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORKER; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

AUSTRALIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84935870464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0183-x     Document Type: Article

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