Women's knowledge of and attitude towards disability in rural Nepal

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 606-613

  Simkhada, Padam P ^a,b   Shyangdan, Deepson ^c   Van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^b,d   Kadel, Santosh ^e   Stephen, Jane ^f   Gurung, Tara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Green Tara Nepal   (Nepal)

^f Green Tara Trust UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Culture; Disability; Gender; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEPAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DISABLED CHILDREN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874582581     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.702847     Document Type: Article

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