Knowledge, perceptions and practices of farming communities on linkages between malaria and agriculture in Mvomero District, Tanzania

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Mboera, Leonard E G ^a   Shayo, Elizabeth H ^a   Senkoro, Kesheni P ^a   Rumisha, Susan F ^a   Mlozi, Malongo R S ^b   Mayala, Benjamin K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Attitudes; Community; Farming practices; Knowledge; Malaria; Perception; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALARIA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMMUNITY; CROP PRODUCTION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOAT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAIZE; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUGARCANE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORYZA SATIVA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74149085966     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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