Strategies to improve adherence to recommended chloroquine treatment regimes: A quasi-experiment in the context of integrated primary health care delivery in Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2215-2226

  Agyepong, Irene Akua ^a   Ansah, Evelyn ^a   Gyapong, Margaret ^b   Adjei, Sam ^c   Barnish, Guy ^d   Evans, David ^e  

^a District Health Administration   (Ghana)

^b Health Research Unit Ghana Health Service   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chloroquine; Ghana; Information provision; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; COMMUNICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

GHANA;

EID: 0036975527     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00366-5     Document Type: Article

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