Improving malaria knowledge and practices in rural Myanmar through a village health worker intervention: A cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lwin, Moh Moh ^a   Sudhinaraset, May ^b   San, Aung Kyaw ^a   Aung, Tin ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Intervention; Malaria; Rural; Social franchise programme

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891519151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-5     Document Type: Article

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