Women's health in urban Mali: Social predictors and health itineraries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1392-1399

  Bove, Riley M ^a   Vala Haynes, Emily ^b   Valeggia, Claudia R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Mali; Marriage; Pregnancy; Social network; Social power; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALI; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POLYGYNY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WIDOW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BAMAKO; KOULIKORO; MALI;

EID: 84864620664     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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