Towards achieving Abuja targets: Identifying and addressing barriers to access and use of insecticides treated nets among the poorest populations in Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chuma, Jane ^a,b   Okungu, Vincent ^a   Ntwiga, Janet ^a   Molyneux, Catherine ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALARIA; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO NETS; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954541992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-137     Document Type: Article

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