Aligning community engagement with traditional authority structures in global health research: A case study from Northern Ghana

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1857-1867

  Tindana, Paulina O ^a   Rozmovits, Linda ^b   Boulanger, Renaud F ^a   Bandewar, Sunita V S ^a   Aborigo, Raymond A ^c   Hodgson, Abraham V O ^c   Kolopack, Pamela ^a   Lavery, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c Navrongo Health Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 80053019745     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300203     Document Type: Article

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