Challenges to changing health behaviours in developing countries: A critical overview

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-594

  Aboud, Frances E ^a   Singla, Daisy R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health behaviour change; Theories of behaviour change

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; GUIDELINE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84862632825     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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