A cross-sectional survey of health risk behaviour clusters among a sample of socially disadvantaged Australian welfare recipients.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of health risk behaviours among a sample of typically hard-to-reach, severely disadvantaged individuals is extremely high. IMPLICATIONS: Future intervention development should take into account the likelihood of health risk clustering among severely disadvantaged groups. PMID: 23551469 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23551469?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - April 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bryant J, Bonevski B, Paul CL, Lecathelinais CL Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research