Empowerment of women and its association with the health of the community

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Varkey, Prathibha ^a   Kureshi, Sarah ^b   Lesnick, Timothy ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER EMPOWERMENT MEASURE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEASLES VACCINATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEASLES VACCINE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 75749149764     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1444     Document Type: Article

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