Myths, fallacies and misconceptions: Applying social marketing for promoting appropriate health seeking behavior in Pakistan

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Qureshi, Nudrat ^b   Shaikh, Babar T ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 33745684113     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470600738716     Document Type: Review

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