Souls of the ancestor that knock us out and other tales. A qualitative study to identify demand-side factors influencing malaria case management in Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Oconnell, Kathryn A ^a   Samandari, Ghazaleh ^b   Phok, Sochea ^a   Phou, Mean ^a   Dysoley, Lek ^c   Yeung, Shunmay ^d   Allen, Henrietta ^a   Littrell, Megan ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c National Institute of Public Health   (Cambodia)

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

Author keywords

ACT; Cambodia; Cocktail; Malaria diagnosis; Malaria treatment; Patient perceptions; Patient provider interactions; Qualitative research; Treatment seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 84866995214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-335     Document Type: Article

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