Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and preventive practices relating to cholera and oral cholera vaccine among urban high-risk groups: Findings of a cross-sectional study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wahed, Tasnuva ^a   Kaukab, Sheikh Shah Tanvir ^a   Saha, Nirod Chandra ^a   Khan, Iqbal Ansary ^a   Khanam, Farhana ^a   Chowdhury, Fahima ^a   Saha, Amit ^a   Khan, Ashraful Islam ^a   Siddik, Ashraf Uddin ^a   Cravioto, Alejandro ^b   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Uddin, Jasim ^c  

^a Icddrb   (Bangladesh)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c Centre for Equity and Health Systems   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cholera; Healthcare seeking; Knowledge; Oral cholera vaccine; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875036132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-242     Document Type: Article

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