Predictors of the quality of health worker treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria at government health facilities in Kenya

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1080-1091

  Zurovac, Dejan ^a,b,c,d   Rowe, A K ^e   Ochola, S A ^b   Noor, A M ^c   Midia, B ^f   English, M ^d,g   Snow, R W ^b,c,d  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Errors; Guidelines; Health workers; Kenya; Malaria; Predictors; Quality; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

DISEASE CONTROL; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; MALARIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7244253017     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh253     Document Type: Article

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