Apostolic faith church organization contexts for health and wellbeing in women and children

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 551-566

  Mpofu, Elias ^a   Dune, Tinashe Moira ^a   Hallfors, Denise Dion ^b   Mapfumo, John ^c   Mutepfa, Magen Mhaka ^d   January, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^c AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Apostolic faith; Health and wellbeing; Structural behavior; Women and children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHURCH ROLE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISK; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS HEALTH;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84855702439     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.583639     Document Type: Article

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