Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dillip, Angel ^a,c   Hetzel, Manuel W ^b   Gosoniu, Dominic ^c   Kessy, Flora ^a   Lengeler, Christian ^c   Mayumana, Iddy ^a   Mshana, Christopher ^a   Mshinda, Hassan ^e   Schulze, Alexander ^d   Makemba, Ahmed ^a   Pfeiffer, Constanze ^c   Weiss, Mitchell G ^c   Obrist, Brigit ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68249143199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-144     Document Type: Article

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