Childhood drowning in Matlab, Bangladesh: An in-depth exploration of community perceptions and practices

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1720-1727

  Blum, Lauren S ^a   Khan, Rasheda ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b   Shahanaj, Sabina ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Baqui, Abdullah ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child health; Drowning prevention; Explanatory models

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; DISEASE CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DROWNING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; NEAR DROWNING; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DROWNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; MATLAB; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 65249129835     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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