"You're losing your Ghanaianess": Understanding malaria decision-making among Africans visiting friends and relatives in the UK

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Neave, Penny E ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^b   Jones, Caroline O H ^b,c,d  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africans visiting friends and relatives; Chemoprophylaxis; Imported malaria; Malaria diagnosis; Malaria prevention; Malaria treatment; Migrant health

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; AFRICAN; FRIEND; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELATIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPORIATRICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALARIA; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84904771196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-287     Document Type: Article

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