Knowledge, attitudes and practices relevant to malaria elimination amongst resettled populations in a post-conflict district of northern Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-118

  Kirkbya, Katherine ^a   Galappaththy, Gawrie N L ^b   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^c   Rajapakse, Senaka ^d   Deepika Fernando, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Malaria; Post conflict; Practices; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REFUGEE; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; WAR;

DISULFIRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISULFIRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880477309     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs015     Document Type: Article

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