Evaluating a school-based trachoma curriculum in Tanzania

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1068-1073

  Lewallen, Susan ^a   Massae, Patrick ^a   Tharaney, Manisha ^b   Somba, Margareth ^a   Geneau, Robert ^a   MacArthur, Chad ^b   Courtright, Paul ^a  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

CHILD; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 56449116389     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym097     Document Type: Article

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