Assessing women's understandings of health in rural Papua New Guinea: Implications for health policy and practice

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Assessing women's understandings of health in rural Papua New Guinea: Implications for health policy and practice

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), women’s health is addressed by applying biomedical solutions which often ignore the complexity of women’s histories, cultural contexts and lived experiences. The objective of this study was to examine adult and older women’s perceptions of health and well-being to identify...

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Main Authors:	Hinton, Rachael, Earnest, Jaya
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Blackwell Publishers 2011
Subjects:	women's health empowerment interpersonal relationships socioeconomic factors Papua New Guinea qualitative research
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7474

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