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Ethics and health promotion within policy and practice contexts in a small jurisdiction: perspectives from the Northern Territory

James A. Smith A B E , Dagmar Schmitt C D , Lisa Fereday C and Jason Bonson C
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A Office of Pro Vice Chancellor – Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.

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

C Health Development Branch, Northern Territory Department of Health, PO Box 40586, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia.

D School of Health, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, NT 0909, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: james.smith3@cdu.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 26(3) 231-234 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE15058
Submitted: 5 June 2015  Accepted: 7 October 2015   Published: 5 November 2015


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