Determinants of better health: A cross-sectional assessment of positive deviants among women in West Bengal

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Long, Katelyn N G ^a   Gren, Lisa H ^a   Rees, Chris A ^a   West, Joshua H ^b   Hall, Parley Cougar ^b   Gray, Bobbi ^c   Crookston, Benjamin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Freedom from Hunger   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health; India; Positive deviance; West Bengal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP GROUPS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876897505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-372     Document Type: Article

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