'Home from home': Risk perceptions, malaria and the use of chemoprophylaxis among UK South Asians

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-375

  Joshi, Mary Sissons ^a   Lalvani, Ajit ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence; ethnicity; health behaviour; health beliefs; imported malaria; malaria prevention; risk perception; South Asians

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALARIA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION; TROPICAL REGION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIA; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955954594     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557851003729098     Document Type: Article

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