Identifying cultural representations of families and the health team to improve the management of severe malnutrition in childhood

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-530

  Castillo Carniglia, Alvaro ^c   Weisstaub, Sergio Gerardo ^c   Aguirre, Patricia ^a   Aguilar, Ana María ^b   Araya, Magdalena ^c  

^a Interdisciplinary Center of Public Policies Studies   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Children; Culture; Families; Health care professionals; Latin America; Malnutrition; Mothers, mothering; Nutrition; Nutrition, behavior change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952654326     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310361465     Document Type: Article

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