Do malaria vector control measures impact disease-related behaviour and knowledge? Evidence from a large-scale larviciding intervention in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maheu Giroux, Mathieu ^a   Castro, Marcia C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Behaviour change; Larviciding; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; United Republic of Tanzania; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887525218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-422     Document Type: Article

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