Participatory rural appraisal techniques in disenfranchised communities: A Kenyan case study

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-188

  Maalim, A D ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community; Kenya; Nomads; Nursing; Participatory Rural Appraisal; Preventive Health Care; Quality; Somali

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEASON; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KENYA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33746494034     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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