Community factors associated with malaria prevention by mosquito nets: An exploratory study in rural Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 240-248

  Okrah, Jane ^a   Traoré, Corneille ^b   Palé, Augustin ^b   Sommerfeld, Johannes ^c   Müller, Olaf ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Community; Insecticide; Malaria control; Mosquito nets

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PARACETAMOL;

IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED NET; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

BURKINA FASO;

INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036202909     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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