Multidimensional poverty in rural mozambique: A new metric for evaluating public health interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Victor, Bart ^a,b   Blevins, Meridith ^b,c   Green, Ann F ^b   Ndatimana, Elisée ^d   González Calvo, Lázaro ^d   Fischer, Edward F ^e   Vergara, Alfredo E ^b,c,g   Vermund, Sten H ^b,c,d   Olupona, Omo ^f   Moon, Troy D ^b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Friends in Global Health LLC   (Mozambique)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INCOME; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907546284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108654     Document Type: Article

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