Community-based health programmes: Role perceptions and experiences of female peer facilitators in Mumbai's urban slums

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 957-966

  Alcock, Glyn A ^a   More, Neena Shah ^b   Patil, Sarita ^b   Porel, Maya ^b   Vaidya, Leena ^b   Osrin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (SNEHA)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PEER GROUP; POVERTY AREAS; ROLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71749113976     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp038     Document Type: Article

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