Martha Morrow

Dados Biográficos

ID3914334
NOMEMartha Morrow
PRENOMESMartha
SOBRENOMEMorrow
ASSINATURAMORROW M
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES15
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1993
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ÍNDICE H2

  • Documenting a long-term development model in the slums of Delhi

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2016

    BACKGROUND: Achieving development outcomes requires the inclusion of marginalised populations that have the least opportunity to participate in and benefit from development. Slum dwellers often see little of the 'urban advantage', suffering more from infectious diseases, increasing food costs, poor access to education and health care, inadequate water and sanitation, and informal employment. A recent Cochrane Review of the impact of slum upgradin…

  • Tobacco and the Malays

    Simon Barraclough, Martha G Morrow et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2016Referências: 1

    Exaggerated claims for the socio-economic benefits of tobacco production, government investment and close links between tobacco corporations and sections of the Malay elite have created a conflict of interest in public policy, limited the focus on tobacco as a health policy issue among Malays and retarded tobacco control policy. More recently, ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, regional free trade policies reducing t…

  • A Cultural Models Approach to Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment

    Open AccessRenée Otmar, Susanne Reventlow et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2012

    This article identifies cultural models of osteoporosis, as shared by community-dwelling older women in southeastern Australia, and compares these with cultural knowledge conveyed through social marketing. Cultural models are mental constructs about specific domains in everyday life, such as health and illness, which are shared within a community. We applied domain analyses to data obtained from in-depth interviews and stakeholder-identified prin…

  • Smoking among Lao medical doctors

    Open AccessSychareun Vanphanom, Martha G Morrow et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2010

    The willingness of doctors to take up their tobacco control role and the lower smoking rates among younger respondents offers an important window of opportunity to consolidate their knowledge, attitudes, skills and enthusiasm as cessation advocates and supports

  • Pathways to malaria persistence in remote central Vietnam

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    Malaria control cannot be achieved through community education alone in this region. Whilst appropriate awareness-raising is needed, it is most urgent to address weaknesses at systems level, including bed-net distribution, health provider staffing and skills, as well as equipment and supplies

  • A grim contradiction

    Open AccessSimon Barraclough, Martha G Morrow et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2008Citada por: 5Referências: 12

  • Fostering disability-inclusive HIV/Aids programs in northeast India

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2007

    The Guidelines produced in the project and disseminated to stakeholders emphasise opportunities for taking action with minimal cost and resources, such as using the networks and expertise of both HIV and disability sectors, producing HIV material in a variety of formats, and promoting accessibility to mainstream HIV education and services. The human rights obligations and public health benefits of modifying national and state policies and program…

  • Tobacco control and gender in Southeast Asia. Part I

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2003

    In the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, being born male is the single greatest risk marker for tobacco use. While the literature demonstrates that risks associated with tobacco use may vary according to sex, gender refers to the socially determined roles and responsibilities of men and women, who initiate, continue and quit using tobacco for complex and often different reasons. Cigarette advertising frequently appeals to gender…

  • Smoking and young women in Vietnam

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2002Citada por: 10Referências: 12

  • Breast-feeding and public policy in Australia

    Open AccessMartha G Morrow, Martha Morrow et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International1993

    The ways in which breast-feeding has been manifest in public policy at the Australian national level and for the state of Victoria are described. An examination of health policy documents which consider breast-feeding reveals that it has been conceptualized almost exclusively as a nutritional issue and incorporated into initiatives connected with dietary guidelines developed to prevent diet-related diseases. This has occurred despite the World He…