Short- and long-term impact of health education in improving water supply, sanitation and knowledge about intestinal helminths in rural Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-440

  Minamoto, K ^a   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^b   Karim, E ^c   Moji, K ^d   Rahman, M ^e  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Health and Life Sciences Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^e Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Health education; Intestinal helminthes; Knowledge; Sanitation; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL HYGIENE; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARENTS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

VERMES;

EID: 84860433568     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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