Formative research to promote the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS) in the Australian-Chinese community
| Autor: | Leonie Cranney, Anna Whelan, Li Ming Wen, Nancy Tam, Myna Hua, Nageen Ahmed, Huilan Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice media_common.quotation_subject Population health Health Promotion Coaching 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Asian People Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Qualitative Research media_common Medical education 030109 nutrition & dietetics business.industry Health Policy Weight change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Australia Mentoring Telephone Health promotion Cross-Sectional Studies Community health business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Australian journal of primary health. 24(3) |
| ISSN: | 1448-7527 |
| Popis: | The free, telephone-based Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS) has made sustained improvements in healthy behaviours and weight change in the Australian population, but there is poor uptake of the GHS by culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This formative research study explored the Australian-Chinese community’s awareness, perceptions and experiences of the GHS and their knowledge and cultural beliefs about healthy lifestyles. Conducted in Sydney, Australia, the research included 16 Chinese community-stakeholder interviews, a cross-sectional survey of 253 Chinese community members; and a review of Chinese participant GHS data. The study revealed poor uptake ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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