Traditional birth home attendance and its implications for malaria control during pregnancy in Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 679-684

  Idowu, O A ^a   Mafiana, C F ^a   Sotiloye, Dapo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Insecticide treated net; Malaria; Nigeria; Prevention; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SUN EXPOSURE; TEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 44749093744     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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