Impact of ASHA Training on Active Case Detection of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Das, Vidya Nand Ravi ^a   Pandey, Ravindra Nath ^a   Pandey, Krishna ^a   Singh, Varsha ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Matlashewski, Greg ^b   Das, Pradeep ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASHA TRAINING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84901791035     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002774     Document Type: Article

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