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Promoting Aboriginal Health: The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Approach
Mary Whiteside
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Description for Promoting Aboriginal Health: The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Approach
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Num Pages: 54 pages, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 128.
Those of us who have worked on the frontline of Aboriginal health for any length of time know that beneath the surface reality of Aboriginal people's poor health outcomes sits a deeper truth. It is about the importance of social and emotional wellbeing, and how this flows from a sense of control over one's own life. Where this is lacking, as it is in so many Aboriginal families and communities, there is instead indifference and despair and a descent into poor lifestyle choices and self-destructive behaviours. Our medical professionals do a great job of prescribing medicines and devising treatment programs ... Read more
Those of us who have worked on the frontline of Aboriginal health for any length of time know that beneath the surface reality of Aboriginal people's poor health outcomes sits a deeper truth. It is about the importance of social and emotional wellbeing, and how this flows from a sense of control over one's own life. Where this is lacking, as it is in so many Aboriginal families and communities, there is instead indifference and despair and a descent into poor lifestyle choices and self-destructive behaviours. Our medical professionals do a great job of prescribing medicines and devising treatment programs ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Number of Pages
54
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319046174
SKU
V9783319046174
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Ref
99-15
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