A qualitative study of the feasibility and community perception on the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine use in the context of home management of malaria in south-west Nigeria

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo O ^a   Falade, Catherine O ^a   Olley, Benjamin O ^a   Yusuf, Bidemi ^a   Gbotosho, Sola ^a   Iyiola, Toyin ^b   Olaniyan, Omobola ^c   Happi, Christian ^a   Munguti, Kaendi ^d   Pagnoni, Franco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^c Primary Health Care Unit   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER LUMEFANTRINE COMBINATION; ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE COMBINATION; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 45249108250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-119     Document Type: Article

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