Folk knowledge about dengue mosquitoes and contributions of health belief model in dengue control promotion in Northeast Thailand

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-14

  Phuanukoonnon, Suparat ^a   Brough, Mark ^b   Bryan, Joan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DHF; Folk knowledge; Health belief model; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; MOSQUITO; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENGUE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KHON KAEN; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33748740915     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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