Improving health service access and wellbeing of young Aboriginal parents in an urban setting: Mixed methods evaluation of an arts-based program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages S115-S121

  Jersky, Michelle ^a   Titmuss, Angela ^a   Haswell, Melissa ^b   Freeman, Natasha ^b   Osborne, Perdi ^b   Callaghan, Lola ^a   Winters, Jennifer ^a   Fitzpatrick, Sally ^b   Zwi, Karen ^a,c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; arts based program; health and wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DREAM; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MENTAL STRESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WELLBEING; WORKER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949433056     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12448     Document Type: Article

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