Distinguishing social and cultural features of cholera in urban and rural areas of Western Kenya: Implications for public health

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-551

  Nyambedha, Erick Otieno ^a   Sundaram, Neisha ^b,c   Schaetti, Christian ^b,c   Akeyo, Lilian ^a   Chaignat, Claire Lise ^d   Hutubessy, Raymond ^d   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b,c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cholera; cultural epidemiology; illness explanatory models; urban rural comparison; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; VIGNETTE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84882278849     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.787107     Document Type: Article

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