Coronary heart disease in Aboriginal communities: towards a model for self-management.

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession, 2003, 15 (3), pp. 300 - 309
Issue Date:
2003-01-01
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the main causes of death and disability in the Aboriginal population, and is the major cause of the twenty-year gap in life expectancy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. This paper explores Aboriginal health in relation to CHD, and suggests self-management as a culturally acceptable therapeutic and sustainable ideology from which positive outcomes may be achieved.
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