Local illness concepts and their relevance for the prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi: Findings from a comparative qualitative study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Menaca, Arantza ^a,b   Pell, Christopher ^a,c   Manda Taylor, Lucinda ^d   Chatio, Samuel ^e   Afrah, Nana A ^f   Were, Florence ^g   Hodgson, Abraham ^e   Ouma, Peter ^g   Kalilani, Linda ^d   Tagbor, Harry ^f   Pool, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^f KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Local disease concepts; Malaria; Pregnancy; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880334521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-257     Document Type: Article

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