Managing risk through treatment-seeking in rural north-western Tanzania: Categorising health problems as malaria and nzoka

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-170

  Desmond, Nicola ^a,b,c   Prost, Audrey ^c,d   Wight, Daniel ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

public health; risk; risk management; risk perception; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVULSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INFERTILITY; JEALOUS DELUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84859412911     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2012.661042     Document Type: Article

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