Improving community health through marketing exchanges: A participatory action research study on water, sanitation, and hygiene in three Melanesian countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-93

  Barrington, D J ^a   Sridharan, S ^a   Saunders, S G ^a   Souter, R T ^b   Bartram, J ^c   Shields, K F ^c   Meo, S ^d   Kearton, A ^b   Hughes, R K ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b International Water Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^e Live Learn Environmental Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Pacific; PAR; Sanitation marketing; Social capital; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu; Well being

Indexed keywords

HYGIENE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MARKETING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MARKETING; MARKETING EXCHANGE; MELANESIAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MELANESIA; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

FIJI; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; VANUATU;

FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MARKETING; MELANESIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84996931943     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.003     Document Type: Article

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