Community-based educational intervention to limit the dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Golding, George R ^a   Quinn, Brian ^b   Bergstrom, Kirsten ^c   Stockdale, Donna ^b   Woods, Shirley ^d   Nsungu, Mandiangu ^d   Brooke, Barb ^e   Levett, Paul N ^f   Horsman, Greg ^f   McDonald, Ryan ^f   Szklarczuk, Brian ^a   Silcox, Steve ^a   Paton, Shirley ^g   Carson, Mary ^h   Mulvey, Michael R ^a   Irvine, James ^b,i  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Population Health Unit   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Northern Intertribal Health Authority   (Canada)

^e Red Earth First Nation   (Canada)

^f Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h Do Bugs Need Drugs   (Canada)

ⁱ Population Health Unit Athabasca   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SASKATCHEWAN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84855443476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-15     Document Type: Article

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