A cluster-randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of different knowledge-transfer interventions for rural working equid users in Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-99

  Stringer, A P ^a   Bell, C E ^b   Christley, R M ^a   Gebreab, F ^c   Tefera, G ^c   Reed, K ^d   Trawford, A ^e   Pinchbeck, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d SPANA ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Equid; Ethiopia; Intervention; Knowledge transfer; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HORSE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MP3 PLAYER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIDAE; ETHIOPIA; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MP3-PLAYER; RADIO; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79956283983     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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