Evaluation of a sustained 7-year health education campaign on leprosy in Rufiji District, Tanzania

Leprosy Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-74

  Van Den Broek, Jacques ^a,b   O'Donoghue, Jenny ^c   Ishengoma, Angelina ^d   Masao, Honorata ^d   Mbega, Makamba ^e  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c Rufiji Leprosy Trust   (Tanzania)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^e Tanzania Leprosy Association   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LEPROSY--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031801834     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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