Do health workers' preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers' attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for management of uncomplicated malaria, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Masanja, Irene M ^a,b,c   Lutambi, Angelina M ^a,b,c   Khatib, Rashid A ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Health workers; Malaria; New treatment guidelines; Practices

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84868503922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-956     Document Type: Article

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