Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions: The IMAGE study in South Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 824-832

  Kim, Julia ^a   Ferrari, Giulia ^b   Abramsky, Tanya ^c   Watts, Charlotte ^c   Hargreaves, James ^c   Morison, Linda ^d   Phetla, Godfrey ^e   Porter, John ^c   Pronyk, Paul ^f  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROFINANCE; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE; WELFARE REFORM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350647003     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.056580     Document Type: Article

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