A global imperative: Development, safety, and health from girl child to woman

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-214

  Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 60849084154     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802638465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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