Dynamics of people's socio-economic status in the face of schistosomiasis control interventions in Ukerewe district, Tanzania

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-406

  Mwanga, Joseph R ^a   Lwambo, Nicholas J S ^a   Rumisha, Susan F ^a   Vounatsou, Penelope ^b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control; Participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation; Principal components analysis; Schistosomiasis; Socio economic status; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCOME; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

CONTROL; PARTICIPATORY HYGIENE AND SANITATION TRANSFORMATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885471034     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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