Factors Influencing the Use of Biomedical Health Care by Rural Bolivian Anemic Women: Structural Barriers, Reproductive Status, Gender Roles, and Concepts of Anemia.

Autor: Rebecca M Bedwell, Hilde Spielvogel, Diva Bellido, Virginia J Vitzthum

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 1, p e0170475 (2017)

Non-pregnant women from a rural town and its surrounding region were tested for anemia. During phase 1 (n = 181), anemic women received a written recommendation for low-cost purchase of iron pills at the nearest health center. They were subsequently

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Factors Influencing the Use of Biomedical Health Care by Rural Bolivian Anemic Women: Structural Barriers, Reproductive Status, Gender Roles, and Concepts of Anemia

Autor: Virginia J. Vitzthum, Rebecca M. Bedwell, Hilde Spielvogel, Diva Bellido

Publikováno v: Repositorio Institucional de la Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid
Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 1, p e0170475 (2017)

The persistently high prevalence of anemia in rural highland Bolivia argues for targeted iron supplementation. We evaluated the cultural, structural and behavioral factors that may facilitate or impede an anemic woman's decision to secure this biomed

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12530/42555