Culture and behaviour in mass health interventions: lessons from the global polio eradication initiative

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 192-204

  Taylor, Sebastian A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; polio; resistance

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84927166224     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.895799     Document Type: Article

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