Going beyond the surface: Gendered intra-household bargaining as a social determinant of child health and nutrition in low and middle income countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-33

  Richards, Esther ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a   George, Asha ^b,c   Kim, Julia C ^c   Rudert, Christiane ^c   Jehan, Kate ^a   Tolhurst, Rachel ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Child nutrition; Decision making power; Gender; Intersectional; Intra household bargaining; Low income countries; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NUTRITION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DECISION-MAKING POWER; GENDER; INTERSECTIONAL; INTRA-HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84883454153     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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