Filipino Women's Tuberculosis Care Seeking Experience in an Urban Poor Setting: A Socioecological Perspective

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-44

  Hu, Alice ^a   Loo, Evelyn ^b   Winch, Peter J ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Community Transformation   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84858634530     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.630495     Document Type: Article

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