Household possession and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in sierra leone 6 months after a national mass-distribution campaign

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bennett, Adam ^a   Smith, Samuel Juana ^b   Yambasu, Sahr ^c   Jambai, Amara ^d   Alemu, Wondimagegnehu ^e   Kabano, Augustin ^f   Eisele, Thomas P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c Statistics Sierra Leone ^*  (Sierra Leone)

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

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SIERRA LEONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861541439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037927     Document Type: Article

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