A study to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and impact of packaged interventions ("Diarrhea Pack") for prevention and treatment of childhood diarrhea in rural Pakistan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Habib, Muhammad Atif ^a   Soofi, Sajid ^a   Sadiq, Kamran ^a   Samejo, Tariq ^a   Hussain, Musawar ^a   Mirani, Mushtaq ^a   Rehmatullah, Asmatullah ^a   Ahmed, Imran ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIARRHEA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84884875155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-922     Document Type: Article

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