Community engagement in ethnographic public health research: empowerment of rural villages in North West Pakistan to claim their Right to Food and nutrition security

Lowe, Nicola, Westaway, Elizabeth, Dykes, Fiona, Lhussier, Monique, McKeown, Mick, Zaman, Mukhtiar, Safdar, S., Tahir, Saba and Munir, Akhtar (2013) Community engagement in ethnographic public health research: empowerment of rural villages in North West Pakistan to claim their Right to Food and nutrition security. In: IUAES 2013: 17th World Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, 5-10 August 2013, Manchester, UK.

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Abstract

Set within the context of North West Pakistan, this paper explores and evaluates the potential of utilising local, community-based Jirgas – a cultural institution composed of all men – for community engagement in research to develop nutrition interventions that address the Right to Food and nutrition security, and improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	B400 Nutrition B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine T300 South Asian studies
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User:	Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2012 09:20
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 14:39
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8544

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