Enhancing generalizability: Moving from an intimate to a political voice

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-426

  Groleau, Danielle ^a,b   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a,b   Cabral, Evangelista Ivone ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Breast feeding; Empowerment; Focus group; Knowledge transfer; Medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 61349149384     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308329851     Document Type: Article

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