TB questions, East Kwaio answers: Community-based participatory research in a remote area of Solomon Islands

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Massey, P D ^a   Wakageni, J ^b   Kekeubata, K ^c   Maena'adi, J ^c   Laete'esafi, J ^c   Waneagea, J ^c   Fangaria, G ^b   Jimuru, C ^b   Houaimane, M ^b   Talana, J ^c   MacLaren, D ^d   Speare, R ^d  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Atoifi Adventist Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^c Malaita   (Solomon Islands)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Coperational research; Cpublic health; Cresource limited community; Solomon Islands; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MELANESIA; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARD; TABOO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MELANESIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; TABOO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84872936183     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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