Chinese village women as visual anthropologists: A participatory approach to reaching policymakers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1391-1400

  Wang, Caroline ^a   Burris, Mary Ann ^b   Ping, Xiang Yue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Participation; Policy; Visual anthropology; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLICY; RURAL AREA;

HEALTH POLICY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHINA, YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0029669879     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00287-1     Document Type: Article

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