TY - JOUR
T1 - The experience of the Well Person's Health Check in the Farwest Area Health Service
AU - Jackson, Lisa
AU - Mayne, Darren
AU - Burke, Hugh
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The Far West Area Health Service (FWAHS) sought to develop a new, or implement a modified, community screening methodology to assist in assessing the health needs of remote Aboriginal communities living within its area. Following a review of the literature, it was decided to examine the North Queensland Well Person’s Health Check, which is run in collaboration between the Tropical Public Health Unit (TPHU) in Cairns and the Apunipima Cape York Health Council, a community-controlled indigenous health organisation in Far Northern Queensland. This article describes the process by which the FWAHS adopted its own Far West Well Person’s Health Check (Far West WPHC).
AB - The Far West Area Health Service (FWAHS) sought to develop a new, or implement a modified, community screening methodology to assist in assessing the health needs of remote Aboriginal communities living within its area. Following a review of the literature, it was decided to examine the North Queensland Well Person’s Health Check, which is run in collaboration between the Tropical Public Health Unit (TPHU) in Cairns and the Apunipima Cape York Health Council, a community-controlled indigenous health organisation in Far Northern Queensland. This article describes the process by which the FWAHS adopted its own Far West Well Person’s Health Check (Far West WPHC).
KW - Aboriginal Australians
KW - health surveys
KW - health promotion
KW - medical screening
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:47476
UR - http://www.phrp.com.au/issues/volume-12-issue-6/the-experience-of-the-well-persons-health-check-in-the-far-west-area-health-service/
M3 - Article
SN - 1444-8262
VL - 12
SP - 152
EP - 155
JO - NSW Public Health Bulletin
JF - NSW Public Health Bulletin
IS - 6
ER -