A Community Health Programme in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: The Need for Gender Justice for Women

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Jacob, Mini Elizabeth ^a   Abraham, Sulochana ^a   Surya, Susila ^a   Minz, Shantidani ^a   Singh, Daisy ^a   Abraham, Vinod Joseph ^a   Prasad, Jasmin ^a   George, Kuryan ^a   Kuruvilla, Anju ^a   Jacob, KS ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

community based programmes and interventions; development; India; women's health; women's status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN;

EID: 33646505739     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27227-6     Document Type: Article

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