Knowledge of medicine outlets' staff and their practices for prevention and management of malaria in Ghana

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Buabeng, Kwame O ^a,d   Matowe, Lloyd K ^b   Smith, Felicity ^c   Duwiejua, Mahama ^d   Enlund, Hannes ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Ghana; Knowledge; Malaria; Medicine outlets; Policy initiatives; Practice skills

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANTIMALARIALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77956402731     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-010-9397-6     Document Type: Article

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