The importance of understanding the local context: Women's perceptions and knowledge concerning malaria in pregnancy in rural Malawi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Launiala, Annika ^a   Kulmala, Teija ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Malaria; Malawi; Malungo; Perceptions; Pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

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

EID: 33747069729     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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