Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Accuracy of Measuring Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Malaria from Household Surveys in Zambia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Eisele, Thomas P ^a   Silumbe, Kafula ^b   Yukich, Josh ^a   Hamainza, Busiku ^c   Keating, Joseph ^a   Bennett, Adam ^a   Miller, John M ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (Zambia)

^c National Malaria Control Centre   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE UP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; VALIDITY; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COMBINATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84877106665     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001417     Document Type: Article

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