Pre- and post-intervention perceptions and water contact behaviour related to schistosomiasis in north-western Tanzania

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-398

  Mwanga, Joseph R ^a   Lwambo, Nicholas J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Human water contacts; Participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation; Perceptions; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Social sciences; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; WATER;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DISEASE CONTROL; HYGIENE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN-WATER CONTACTS; PARTICIPATORY HYGIENE AND SANITATION TRANSFORMATION; PERCEPTIONS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885474015     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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