Culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: Reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low- and middle-income countries

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-561

  De Graft Aikins, Ama ^a,b   Pitchforth, Emma ^b,c   Allotey, Pascale ^d   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^e   Agyemang, Charles ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; RESEARCH WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84876156282     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.782209     Document Type: Review

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