Malaria, from natural to supernatural: A qualitative study of mothers' reactions to fever (Dienga, Gabon)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 826-830

  Pilkington, Hugo ^a,b   Mayombo, Justice ^b   Aubouy, Nicolas ^b   Deloron, Philippe ^c  

^a Ctr Intl Rech Med Franceville ^*  (France)

^b Institut de Recherches pour le Développement U034   (Gabon)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GABON; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; GABON; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DIENGA; GABON; OGOOUE-LOLO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4644231980     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.016089     Document Type: Article

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