Educational Intervention Increased Referrals to Allopathic Care by Traditional Healers in Three High HIV-Prevalence Rural Districts in Mozambique

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Audet, Carolyn M ^a   Salato, José ^b   Blevins, Meridith ^a   Amsalem, David ^a   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b   Gaspar, Felisbela ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Friends in Global Health   (Mozambique)

^c Ministerio da Saude   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; DOCUMENTATION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; ORGANIZATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880986965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070326     Document Type: Article

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