Rapid assessment procedures of malaria in low endemic countries: Community perceptions in Jepara district, Indonesia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-712

  Utarini, Adi ^a,b   Winkvist, Anna ^b   Ulfa, Fahmi Maria ^a  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community perception; Indonesia; Malaria; Rapid assessment procedures (RAP)

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENDEMISM; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF MEDICATION; SYMPTOM;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; MALARIA; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0037306516     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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