Health education to prevent anemia among women of reproductive age in Southern India

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-144

  Ny, Pernilla ^a   Dejin Karlsson, Elisabeth ^a   Udén, Giggi ^a   Greiner, Ted ^b,c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON, DIETARY; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE;

EID: 32644444371     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330500457945     Document Type: Article

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