Perceptions of health, health care and community-oriented health interventions in poor urban communities of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Maketa, Vivi ^a   Vuna, Mimy ^b   Baloji, Sylvain ^c   Lubanza, Symphorien ^a   Hendrickx, David ^d,e   Inocêncio Da Luz, Raquel Andrea ^f   Boelaert, Marleen ^d   Lutumba, Pascal ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^c Inst Sup des Techniques Medicales   (Congo)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; RETINOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84893182226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084314     Document Type: Article

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