An investigation of district spatial variations of childhood diarrhoea and fever morbidity in Malawi

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1138-1152

  Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^a   Magadi, Monica Akinyi ^b   Madise, Nyovani Janet ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Clustering; Diarrhoea; District inequalities; Fever; Fixed effects; Malawi; Residual spatial effects

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORBIDITY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BREAST FEEDING; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31144433185     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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