International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 45-52 , September 2009

Examining Media Habits: implications for health promotion programs among the Toposa in Southern Sudan

  • Anne E. Heggen

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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  • Melissa A. Valerio

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan School of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 263 0673 fax: +1 734 763 7379.
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  • Gideon Gatpan Thoar

      Affiliations

    • The Carter Center Southern Sudan, One Copenhill, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA
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  • Ann F. Rodgers

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Jonathan D. King

      Affiliations

    • The Carter Center, One Copenhill, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA
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  • Lucia William Kur

      Affiliations

    • Trachoma Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan, Juba, Sudan
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  • Steven Becknell

      Affiliations

    • The Carter Center Southern Sudan, One Copenhill, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA
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  • Paul M. Emerson

      Affiliations

    • The Carter Center, One Copenhill, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA

Received 6 May 2009 ,Accepted 3 June 2009.

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PII: S1876-3413(09)00010-2

doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.06.005

International Health
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