Working Hard: Women's Self-Care Practices in Ghana

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 651-673

  Theroux, Rosemary ^a,b   Klar, Robin Toft ^a   Messenger, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Nose and Throat Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880389576     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.736574     Document Type: Article

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