Understanding community perceptions, social norms and current practice related to respiratory infection in Bangladesh during 2009: A qualitative formative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nizame, Fosiul A ^a   Nasreen, Sharifa ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Southern, Dorothy ^a   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Arman, Shaila ^a   Kadir, Mohammad A ^a   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a,b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Winch, Peter J ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coughing; Influenza; intervention; Non pharmaceutical; Pandemic; Respiratory hygiene; Sneezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455171806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-901     Document Type: Article

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