Self-care as a response to diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh: Empowered choice or enforced adoption?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2686-2697

  Edgeworth, Ross ^a   Collins, Andrew E ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Diarrhoeal disease; Risk management; Self care

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EMPOWERMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; NILPHAMARI; RAJSHAHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33749239603     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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