Knowledge and practices for preventing severe malaria in Yemen: The importance of gender in planning policy

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 428-437

  Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a,b   Chandler, Clare ^b   Al Eryani, Samira ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Breastfeeding; Gender; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNDING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN AREA; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 70350455358     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp034     Document Type: Article

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