Informal settlements and a relational view of health in Nairobi, Kenya: Sanitation, gender and dignity

Health Promotion International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 258-269

  Corburn, Jason ^a   Karanja, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Muungano Support Trust   (Kenya)

Author keywords

informal settlements; place and health; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY; SANITATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBANIZATION; WOMEN;

EID: 84973368959     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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