Supporting formal education to improve quality of health care provided by mothers of children with malaria in rural western Kenya

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 548-553

  Kakai, Rose ^a   Menya, Diana ^b   Odero, Wilson ^a  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Formal education; Health care; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FANSIDAR; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 73449127256     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.473     Document Type: Article

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