Changing concepts of health and illness among children of primary school age in Western Kenya

Health Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-339

  Onyango Ouma, W ^a   Aagaard Hansen, J ^b   Jensen, B B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 2642587998     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg034     Document Type: Article

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