Towards an effective control programme of soil-transmitted helminth infections among Orang Asli in rural Malaysia. Part 2: Knowledge, attitude, and practices

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nasr, Nabil A ^a   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,c   Ahmed, Abdulhamid ^b   Roslan, Muhammad Aidil ^a   Bulgiba, Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Malaysia; Practice; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; ADULT; ANIMALS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

VERMES;

SOIL;

EID: 84872776777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-28     Document Type: Article

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