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