Population weighted raster maps can communicate findings of social audits: Examples from three continents

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Steven ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b   Andersson, Neil ^c  

^a CIETcanada   (Canada)

^b CIET TRUST BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CONDOM; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; TIME; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055193546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-S2-S14     Document Type: Article

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