A health club for a community school in south-eastern Nigeria: Influence on adult: Perception of onchocerciasis and compliance with community-based ivermectin therapy

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-226

  Shu, E N ^a   Onwujekwe, E O ^a   Lokili, P ^a   Okonkwo, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult perception; Compliance; Onchocerciasis chemotherapy; School health club

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCHOOL;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FILARICIDES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034076970     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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