Assessment of a treatment guideline to improve home management of malaria in children in rural south-west Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo O ^a   Falade, Catherine O ^a   Bamgboye, E Afolabi ^a   Oduola, Ayo M J ^b   Kale, Oladele O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b World Health Organisation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; FANSIDAR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALARIA; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 41049093864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-24     Document Type: Article

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