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Improving health service access and wellbeing of young Aboriginal parents in an urban setting: mixed methods evaluation of an arts‐based program

Authors :
Jersky, Michelle
Titmuss, Angela
Haswell, Melissa
Freeman, Natasha
Osborne, Perdi
Callaghan, Lola
Winters, Jennifer
Fitzpatrick, Sally
Zwi, Karen
Source :
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; April 2016, Vol. 40 Issue: 1, Number 1 Supplement 1 pS115-S121, 7p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

To evaluate an urban art‐based community health program (Ngala Nanga Mai; We Dream) that seeks to improve health, education, empowerment and connectedness of Aboriginal parents by describing paediatric health service attendance, maternal educational engagement, participant growth and empowerment, and worker and participant experiences.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13260200 and 17536405
Volume :
40
Issue :
1, Number 1 Supplement 1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs62412630
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12448