Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tuba, Mary ^a   Sandoy, Ingvild F ^a   Bloch, Paul ^b,c   Byskov, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BED NET; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77958545870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-309     Document Type: Article

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