People's concepts on diarrhea and dehydration in Nicaragua: the difficulty of the intercultural dialogue Conceitos da população sobre a diarréia e a desidratação na Nicarágua: a dificuldade do diálogo intercultural

OBJECTIVES: to analyse people's concepts and health seeking behavior relating to diarrhea and dehydration and its implications to improve health services practice. METHODS: individual and group interviews were conducted in two municipalities in the North of Nicaragua, with mothers, other commun...

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Main Authors: María Luisa Vázquez, Mario Mosquera, Axel Kroeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2002-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292002000300003