Factors affecting treatment-seeking for febrile illness in a malaria endemic block in Boudh district, Orissa, India: Policy implications for malaria control

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Das, Ashis ^a   Ravindran, Tk Sundari ^b  

^a Independent Public Health Researcher   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG QUALITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650621257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-377     Document Type: Article

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