Practitioners research their own practice: Collaborative research in family planning

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-83

  Aubel, Judi ^a,c,d,e   Niang, Aminata ^b  

^a Santé Familiale ^*

^b University of North Carolina   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDWIFE; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0030069845     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/11.1.72     Document Type: Article

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