The challenge of balancing methodological research rigour and practical needs in low-income setttings: What we are doing and what we need to do better

Critical Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Cardona, M ^a   Joshi, R ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Cross cultural research; Cultural diversity; Developing countries; Methods; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 33947364805     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590601045238     Document Type: Article

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