Community trial of insecticide-treated bed net use promotion in southern Ghana: The Net Use Intervention study

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-349

  Elder, John P ^a   Botwe, Augustine Aboagye ^b   Selby, Richmond Ato ^c   Franklin, Nadra ^d   Shaw, Willard D ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c ProMPT Ghana PMB CT   (Ghana)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nets; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Sub Saharan Africa; Vector borne disease control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862861670     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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