Malaria risk behaviours, socio-cultural practices and rural livelihoods in southern Tanzania: Implications for bednet usage

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 408-417

  Dunn, Christine E ^a   Le Mare, Ann ^a   Makungu, Christina ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mosquito bednets; Risk; Rural livelihoods; Socio cultural practices; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BED NET; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND USE; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

TANZANIA;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 79953000709     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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