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Community‐health needs assessment: use of the Nottingham health profile in an Australian study
Author(s) -
Baum Frances E.,
Cooke Richard D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136696.x
Subject(s) - nottingham health profile , community health , environmental health , geography , medicine , public health , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology
This article reports on the use of the Nottingham health profile (which was developed in the United Kingdom as a valid and reliable indicator of perceived health status) in a community‐health survey in Noarlunga, an outer suburban area of Adelaide. The instrument appears valid for use with an Australian population. It was used in Noarlunga to demonstrate a correlation between health status and a range of social and economic variables. The uses of the Nottingham health profile in health‐services planning are discussed. (Med J Aust 1989; 150: 581‐590)