Delivery of insecticide-treated net services through employer and community-based approaches in Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-149

  Wacira, Daniel G ^a,b   Hill, Jenny ^b   McCall, P J ^b   Kroeger, Axel ^b,c  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community based approach; Employer based approach; Insecticide treated bed nets; Kenya; Malaria; Retreatment; Scaling up vector control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845802468     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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