Can social marketing approaches change community attitudes towards leprosy?

Leprosy Review

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-98

  Brown, Wendy ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; LEADERSHIP; LEPROSY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL MARKETING; SRI LANKA; STIGMA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEPROSY; SOCIAL MARKETING; SRI LANKA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33746079573     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: 03057518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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