Perception of malaria risk in a setting of reduced malaria transmission: A qualitative study in Zanzibar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bauch, Julie A ^a   Gu, Jessica J ^a   Msellem, Mwinyi ^b   Mårtensson, Andreas ^c   Ali, Abdullah S ^b   Gosling, Roly ^a   Baltzell, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus group; Malaria; Perception of risk; Qualitative; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874024015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-75     Document Type: Article

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