Understanding of Hygiene Behaviour and Diarrhoea in Two Villages in Botswana

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-80

  Kaltenthaler, Eva C ^a   Bohumil, S D R A S A R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

; hygiene behaviour; Diarrhoea, infantile; Hand washing; KAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA--ETIOLOGY; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INTERVIEW; KAP SURVEYS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; BOTSWANA; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DIARRHEA--ETIOLOGY; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HYGIENE; KAP SURVEYS; KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030159024     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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