Factors influencing adherence to referral advice following pre-referral treatment with artesunate suppositories in children in rural Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 775-783

  Simba, Daudi O ^a,b   Warsame, Marian ^c   Kimbute, Omari ^d   Kakoko, Deodatus ^a   Petzold, Max ^b,e   Tomson, Goran ^b   Premji, Zul ^a   Gomes, Melba ^f  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Community based; Malaria; Referral; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; RISK; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPPOSITORY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; SUPPOSITORIES; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 68149166705     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02299.x     Document Type: Article

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