Primary health care in Saudi Arabia: Applying global aspects of health for all, locally

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 675-681

  Littlewood, Jenny ^b   Yousuf, Shadia ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Education; Health for all; Islam; Nursing; Nutrition; Primary health care; Women's health; World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; ISLAM; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0034263148     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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