Evaluation of the optimal recall period for disease symptoms in home-based morbidity surveillance in rural and urban Kenya

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-458

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b,c   Audi, Allan ^a,b,c   Olack, Beatrice ^a,b,c   Bigogo, Godfrey M ^a,b,c   Polyak, Christina ^a,b   Burke, Heather ^a,b,c   Williamson, John ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^a,b,c  

^a International Emerging Infections Program   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Diarrhoea; Fever; Memory recall; Population surveillance; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MODELING; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA;

EID: 77952708257     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp374     Document Type: Article

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