Gender sensitization among health providers and communities through transformative learning tools: Experiences from Karachi, Pakistan

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Shaikh, B T ^a   Reza, S ^a   Afzal, M ^a   Rabbani, F ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gender; Health system; Health seeking behaviour; Pakistan; Participatory rural appraisal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PAKISTAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 46949102174     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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