Global aspirations, local realities: The role of social science research in controlling neglected tropical diseases

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bardosh, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Applied social sciences; Community participation; Global health; Implementation research; Neglected tropical diseases; Policy; Social determinants; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL VALIDITY; SOCIOLOGY; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84927155557     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-35     Document Type: Article

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