A description of malaria-related knowledge, perceptions, and practices in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: Implications for malaria control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-269

  Keating, Joseph ^a   Eisele, Thomas P ^a   Bennett, Adam ^a   Johnson, Dawn ^b   Macintyre, Kate ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAITI; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADONIS ANNUA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41249090078     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.262     Document Type: Article

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