School non-enrolment and its relation with health and schistosomiasis knowledge, attitudes and practices in rural Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 392-401

  Mekheimar, Shahinaz I ^a   Talaat, M ^a  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL ADMISSION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 33645302102     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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