On being comfortable with being uncomfortable: Centering an Africanist vision in our gateway to global health

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-42

  Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African culture; Global health; PEN 3 model

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; CULTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33846425000     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106291377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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