Does where you live influence what you know? Community effects on health knowledge in Ghana

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 228-238

  Andrzejewski, Catherine S ^a   Reed, Holly E ^a   White, Michael J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Community effects; Ghana; Health knowledge; Multilevel modeling; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY APPROACH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 54949158087     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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