Impact of Health Education on Active Trachoma in Hyperendemic Rural Communities in Ethiopia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-555

  Edwards, Tansy ^a   Cumberland, Phillippa ^b   Hailu, Girum ^c   Todd, Jim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Future International Consulting Agency   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VIDEORECORDING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RADIO; RURAL POPULATION; TRACHOMA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33645364664     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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