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An exploration of white, Asian and Afro‐Caribbean peoples’ concepts of health and illness causation
(Taylor and Francis Online, 1992)
This article is based on secondary analysis of the Health and Lifestyle Survey. Matched controls from the white respondents were selected for the 129 Asians and 94 Afro‐Caribbeans. The analysis concentrates on concepts of ...
Kids in the Kitchen’ impact evaluation: engaging primary school students in preparing fruit and vegetables for their own consumption
(CSIRO, 2015)
Children’s fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption in Australia is below levels recommended for optimal growth, development and health.
Methods: ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ is a classroom-based program that engages students in ...
Perceptions of credentialling for health promotion practitioners in Australia
(CSIRO, 2003)
: To investigate the self-reported attitudes of health promotion practitioners towards the concept of credentialling of health promotion practitioners in Australia and the requirements perceived to be important if ...
Health Promotion: A Critical Salutogenic Science
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2014)
Health promotion is a relatively new health science discipline focused on creating health and wellbeing at individual, group and population levels through health and health related policies and programs. Addressing inequities ...
The impact on teachers of designing and implementing a Health at Every Size curriculum unit
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
with growing concern over the ‘obesity epidemic’ in children, schools have become the front line of defence in the ‘war against obesity’. However there is a growing body of evidence of unintended harm associated with ...
A missing ethical competency? A review of critical reflection in health promotion
(CSIRO, 2015)
There is increasing emphasis in the health promotion literature on the ethical imperative for the profession to move towards critical practice. A key challenge for health promotion is that critical practice appears both ...
General Practitioners' Perceptions of Asian and Non-Asian Patients
(Oxford Academic, 1991-03-01)
The literature on the health of the population of Asian origin contains little on their interaction with primary care services. This paper reports results of a postal survey of GPs' attitudes towards Asian and Non-Asian ...
Development of guidelines to facilitate improved support of South Asian carers by primary health care teams
(BMJ Quality & Safety, 2001-04-09)
Background—Evidence based guidelines are regarded as an appropriate basis for providing effective health care, but few guidelines incorporate the views of users such as carers.
Aim—To develop guidelines to assist primary ...
Impact evaluation of a health promotion-focused organisational development strategy on a health service’s capacity to deliver comprehensive primary health care
(CSIRO, 2015)
A comprehensive primary health care approach is required to address complex health issues and reduce inequities. However, there has been limited uptake of this approach by health services nationally or internationally. ...
The invisibilization of health promotion in Australian public health initiatives
(Oxford University Press, 2018-02)
The field of health promotion has arguably shifted over the past thirty years from being socially proac- tive to biomedically defensive. In many countries this has been accompanied by a gradual decline, or in some cases ...