Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: Experience of BRAC's community awareness initiative in Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-100

  Hadi, Abdullahel ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Behaviour change; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037373732     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/18.1.93     Document Type: Review

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