The cost-effectiveness of health education in improving knowledge and awareness about intestinal parasites in rural Bangladesh

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-330

  Mascie Taylor, C G N ^a   Karim, R ^b   Karim, E ^c   Akhtar, S ^d   Ahmed, T ^d   Montanari, R M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^c HLSP Consulting Asia   (Bangladesh)

^d Inst Epidemiol Dis Contr Res   (Bangladesh)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cost effectiveness; Health education; Intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HYGIENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION;

EID: 6944238635     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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