Knowledge, practices, and perceptions about malaria in rural communities of Zimbabwe: Relevance to malaria control

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Vundule, C ^a,b   Mharakurwa, S ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; RURAL AREA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ZIMBABWE;

MALARIA CONTROL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029669847     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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