Social networks, normative influence and health delivery in rural Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-914

  Gayen, Kaberi ^a   Raeside, Robert ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Birth assistance; Degree centrality; Neonatal mortality; Normative influence; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547185083     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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