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The Aboriginal health worker
Author(s) -
Mitchell Melvina,
Hussey Lynette M
Publication year - 2006
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.1326-5377.2006.tb00353.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , health worker , medical library , workforce , health services , library science , sociology , medicine , psychology , political science , nursing , demography , computer science , law , population , mathematics education
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 15 May 2006 184 10 529-529 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au Training and workforce 370 km west of Townsville). These ties to the co health networks provide us with a real sense of wh and what is needed at a grassroots level. There are many reasons for AHWs choosing to Aboriginal community controlled health service (A opportunity to work with their community, as mention motivation. Others may be “head-hunted” (as we were Working in one’s own community can be rewarding but stressful; there is a perception that you are “everything to everyone”