Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ng'ang'a, Peter N ^a   Jayasinghe, Gayathri ^b   Kimani, Violet ^c   Shililu, Josephat ^a   Kabutha, Charity ^a   Kabuage, Lucy ^c   Githure, John ^a   Mutero, Clifford ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b International Water Management Institute (IWMI)   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RAIN; WATER;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; OCCUPATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORYZA SATIVA; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65449135902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-64     Document Type: Article

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