Mitigating social and health inequities: Community participation and Chagas disease in rural Argentina

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-384

  Llovet, Ignacio ^a   Dinardi, Graciela ^b   de Maio, Fernando G ^c  

^a Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRES DE FEBRERO   (Argentina)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas disease; Community participation; Inequity; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 79957839771     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.539572     Document Type: Article

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