Health among men in rural Bengal: Exploring meanings through a culture-centered approach

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-48

  Dutta, Mohan Jyoti ^a   Basu, Ambar ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign; Context; Culture; Dialogue; India; Marginalization; Marginalized; Meanings; Participation; Rural; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33845447263     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306296374     Document Type: Article

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