Treatment-seeking practices for malaria in pregnancy among rural women in Mukono District, Uganda

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-237

  Mbonye, Anthony K ^a   Neema, Stella ^b   Magnussen, Pascal ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BACKACHE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLOR; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOM; TWINS; UGANDA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RURAL HEALTH; UGANDA;

EID: 33646442796     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005007108     Document Type: Article

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