Trust in health providers as a catalyst for malaria prevention: Heterogeneous impacts of health education in rural Ghana

Developing Economies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-404

  De Hoop, Thomas ^a   Van Kempen, Luuk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ghana; Health education; Heterogeneous impact; Impact evaluation; Insecticide treated bed nets; Malaria; Trust

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH WORKER; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

GHANA;

EID: 77956109561     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2010.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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