Issues in defining and measuring facial cleanliness for national trachoma control programs

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 426-431

  Zack, Rachel ^a   Mkocha, Harran ^b   Zack, Elizabeth ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Hygiene; Population studies; Prevention and control; Tanzania; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST; EYE DISCHARGE; FACE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE FLY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOSE SECRETION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 41949123411     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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