Is collectivism good for health promotion? Experiences of day labourers in Japan;¿Es bueno el colectivismo para la promoción de la salud? Experiencias de jornaleros en Japón

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Kawabata, Makie ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Health inequities; Health promotion practices; Social disadvantages; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COLLECTIVISM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INEQUITIES; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICES; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

COLLECTIVISM; HEALTH INEQUITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICES; SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES; SOCIAL NORMS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84901442472     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913503384     Document Type: Article

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