Community knowledge and acceptance of larviciding for malaria control in a rural district of east-central Tanzania

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5137-5154

  Mboera, Leonard E G ^a   Kramer, Randall A ^b,c   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^d   Kilima, Stella P ^a   Shayo, Elizabeth H ^a   Lesser, Adriane ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acceptability; Larviciding; Malaria; Tanzania; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL; RURAL AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LIKERT SCALE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MOSQUITO; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900818151     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110505137     Document Type: Article

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