Knowledge, perceptions and behaviour of mothers toward intestinal helminths in Upper Egypt: Implications for control

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-432

  Curtale, Filippo ^a,d,e   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^a   Sharbini, Abdel Latif ^a   Al Maadat, Hamdan ^a   Ingrosso, Pietro ^a   Saad, Youshri Sobhy ^b   Babille, Marzio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c Italian Embassy   (Egypt)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^e Ital Coop c/o Italian Embassy   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE; TELEVISION;

AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MOTHERS; NORTHERN AFRICA; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MOTHERS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0032423623     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.4.423     Document Type: Article

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