Experiences and perceptions about cause and prevention of cardiovascular disease among people with cardiometabolic conditions: Findings of in-depth interviews from a peri-urban Nepalese community

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Oli, Natalia ^a,b   Vaidya, Abhinav ^a,b   Subedi, Madhusudan ^c   Krettek, Alexandra ^b,d  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Patan Academy of Health Science   (Nepal)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Health behavior; Health promotion; Nepal; Perceptions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PERCEPTIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; NEPAL; PERCEPTIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84904402741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24023     Document Type: Article

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