Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand: A mixed methods approach

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Murray, Natasha ^a   Jansarikij, Suphachai ^b   Olanratmanee, Phanthip ^b   Maskhao, Pongsri ^c   Souares, Aurélia ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a,d,e   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^b   Louis, Valérie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c RAJABHAT RAJANAGARINDRA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms; Dengue; Insecticide treated material; Permethrin; Prevention; School uniforms

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; HUMAN; PARENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY;

DENGUE; FACULTY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PARENTS; PERMETHRIN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84907458950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24887     Document Type: Article

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