Socioeconomic and environment determinants as predictors of severe malaria in children under 5 years of age admitted in two hospitals in Koudougou district, Burkina Faso: A cross sectional study

Acta Tropica

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-114

  Zoungrana, Amadou ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^b   Pu, Christy ^b  

^a Koudougou Regional Hospital Centre Hospitalier Regional de Koudougou   (Burkina Faso)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Children; Delayed treatment; Environmental factors; Parents; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; INFANT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BURKINA FASO; KOUDOUGOU;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907056890     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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