A delicate web: Household changes in health behaviour enabled by microcredit in Burkina Faso

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-158

  Hennink, Monique ^a   McFarland, Deborah A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; health strategies; microcredit; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COST CONTROL; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROCREDIT; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BURKINA FASO; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMALL BUSINESS; SPOUSES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84874189433     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.762032     Document Type: Article

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