Acceptability of Rapid Diagnostic Test-Based Management of Malaria among Caregivers of Under-Five Children in Rural Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Baiden, Frank ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a   Okyere, Eunice ^a   Tivura, Mathilda ^a   Adjei, George ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b   Webster, Jayne ^b  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST BASED MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GHANA; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866516609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045556     Document Type: Article

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