Facilitating uptake of Aboriginal Adult Health Checks through community engagement and health promotion

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Facilitating uptake of Aboriginal Adult Health Checks through community engagement and health promotion

Background: Adult Health Checks (AHCs) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (MBS Item 710) promote comprehensive physical and psychosocial health assessments. Despite the poor uptake of health assessments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a small number of successful imple...

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Main Authors:	Digiacomo, Michelle, Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L., Davidson, Patricia
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd. 2010
Subjects:	primary care health assessment health promotion Indigenous health
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43254

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