Public communication campaigns in the destigmatization of leprosy: A comparative analysis of diffusion and participatory approaches. A case study in Gwalior, India

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-344

  Krishnatray, Pradeep K ^a   Melkote, Srinivas R ^b  

^a MICA   (India)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEPROSY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0032173684     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107398127148     Document Type: Article

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