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System reform in the human services: what role can health promotion play?

James A. Smith A B D , Jonine Jancey B C and Colin Binns C
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A Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.

B Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

C School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: James.Smith3@cdu.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 28(1) 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1071/HEv28n1_ED1
Published: 16 March 2017


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