A Mixed Methods Study of a Health Worker Training Intervention to Increase Syndromic Referral for Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis in South Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Palmer, Jennifer J ^a   Surur, Elizeous I ^b   Checchi, Francesco ^a   Ahmad, Fayaz ^c   Ackom, Franklin Kweku ^d   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Emergency Relief International ^*  (Sudan)

^c Islamic Relief   (Pakistan)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAINING; WORKSHOP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUDAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897444509     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002742     Document Type: Article

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