Understanding why women adopt and sustain home water treatment: Insights from the Malawi antenatal care program

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-642

  Wood, Siri ^a   Foster, Jennifer ^a   Kols, Adrienne ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Behavior change; Health promotion; Household water treatment; Hygiene kits; Malawi; WaterGuard; Women

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHLORINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HYGIENE; MARKETING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIARRHEA; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALAWI; MASS MEDIUM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WATER TREATMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WATER PURIFICATION; WOMEN;

MALAWI;

EID: 84862591122     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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