A village treatment center for malaria: Community response in Sri Lanka

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 879-889

  Konradsen, Flemming ^a   Amerasinghe, Priyanie H ^b   Perera, Devika ^c   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Amerasinghe, Felix P ^b  

^a Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Anti Malaria Campaign ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Health care management; Malaria; Sri Lanka; Treatment seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCRIPTION; RESPONSE TIME; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033978883     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00378-0     Document Type: Article

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