Our games our health: a cultural asset for promoting health in Indigenous communities
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Our games our health: a cultural asset for promoting health in indigenous communities.
ISSUE ADDRESSED Indigenous Australians have higher morbidity and mortality rates than non-Indigenous Australians. Until recently, few health promotion interventions have had more than limited success in Indigenous populations. METHODS This community-based health promotion initiative introduced traditional Indigenous games into schools and community groups in Cherbourg and Stradbroke Island (Q...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1036-1073,2201-1617
DOI: 10.1071/he06103