Sanitation-related psychosocial stress: A grounded theory study of women across the life-course in Odisha, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-89

  Sahoo, Krushna Chandra ^a   Hulland, Kristyna R S ^b   Caruso, Bethany A ^c   Swain, Rojalin ^a   Freeman, Matthew C ^c   Panigrahi, Pinaki ^d   Dreibelbis, Robert ^e  

^a Asian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; India; Open defecation; Psychosocial stress; Sanitation; Sexual violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL STRESS; MICTURITION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIVACY; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84936859714     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.031     Document Type: Article

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