Using a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey to supplement findings of an outbreak investigation: Cholera prevention measures during the 1991 epidemic in Peru

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 872-878

  Quick, Robert E ^a   Gerber, Michael L ^b   Palacios, Ana Maria ^c   Beingolea, Luis ^c   Vargas, Rodolfo ^c   Mujica, Oscar ^c   Moreno, Dafne ^c   Seminario, Luis ^c   Smithwick, Eleanor B ^d   Tauxe, Robert V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d AMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cholera; Health behaviour; Health education; Prevention; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHOLERA CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KAP SURVEY;

PERU;

EID: 0029669549     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.872     Document Type: Article

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