The complexity of social mobilization in health communication: Top-down and bottom-up experiences in polio eradication

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 25-47

  Obregón, Rafael ^a,b   Waisbord, Silvio ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA; ASIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; SOCIAL MARKETING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77952130293     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810731003695367     Document Type: Article

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