A rapid assessment approach for public health decision-making related to the prevention of malaria during pregnancy

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 316-323

  Parise, Monica E ^a,b   Lewis, Linda S ^b   Ayisi, John G ^c   Nahlen, Bernard L ^b,c   Slutsker, Laurence ^b   Muga, Richard ^d   Sharif, S K ^d   Hill, Jenny ^e   Steketee, Richard W ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia etiology; Antimalarials therapeutic use; Cluster analysis; Cost of illness; Knowledge, attitudes, practice; Malaria, Falciparum epidemiology drug therapy; Parasitemia; Placenta parasitology; Plasmodium falciparum pathogenicity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ANEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0038692382     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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