Caregivers's knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood malaria and treatment in urban and rural communities in Enugu, south-east Nigeria

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-414

  Oguonu, T ^a   Okafor, H U ^a   Obu, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Malaria; Practice; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; MALOXINE; QUININE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED NET; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENUGU [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14944376218     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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