Community perception of school-based delivery of anthelmintics in Ghana and Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1075-1083

  Brooker, S ^a   Marriot, H ^a   Hall, A ^a   Adjei, S ^c   Allan, E ^c   Maier, C ^a   Bundy, D A P ^b   Drake, L J ^a   Coombes, M D ^a   Azene, G ^a   Lansdown, R G ^a   Wen, S T ^c   Dzodozmenyo, M ^c   Cobbinah, J ^c   Obro, N ^c   Kihamia, C M ^d   Issae, W ^d   Mwanri, L ^d   Mweta, M R ^d   Mwaikemwa, A ^d   Salimu, M ^d   Ntimbwa, P ^d   Kiwelu, V M ^d   Turuka, A ^d   Nkungu, D R ^d   Magingo, J ^d   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Ghana Partnership for Child Devmt   (Ghana)

^d Tanzania Partnership Child Devmt   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community perception; Ghana; Helminth infection; Schistosomiasis; School based health programmes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TANZANIA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FACULTY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARENTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

GHANA; TANZANIA;

VERMES;

EID: 0035665160     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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