Lessons from an integrated community health education initiative in rural laos

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 487-502

  Crawshaw, Lauren ^a   Fèvre, Sonia ^b   Kaesombath, Lampheuy ^b,c   Sivilai, Bounlerth ^c   Boulom, Sayvisene ^c   Southammavong, Fongsamouth ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Veterinarians without Borders/Vétérinaires sans Frontières ^*  (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Community education; Ecohealth; Laos; Southeast Asia; Transdisciplinarity; Veterinary health workers

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

LAOS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84904728287     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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