Self-Help Groups and Mutual Assistance: Evidence from Urban Kenya
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Self-help groups.
OBJECTIVE To assess Ontario family physicians' attitudes toward, awareness of, and practices related to self-help groups in general and cancer self-help groups specifically. DESIGN Mailed survey using a modified Dillman method. SETTING Ontario family practices. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of 1500 Ontario members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, of whom 949 responded. A tota...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0013-0079,1539-2988
DOI: 10.1086/665600