Outdoor-sleeping and other night-time activities in northern Ghana: Implications for residual transmission and malaria prevention

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Monroe, April ^a   Asamoah, Obed ^b   Lam, Yukyan ^c   Koenker, Hannah ^a   Psychas, Paul ^d   Lynch, Matthew ^a   Ricotta, Emily ^a   Hornston, Sureyya ^e   Berman, Amanda ^a   Harvey, Steven A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Malaria Consortium NetWorks Ghana   (Ghana)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Ghana US Agency for International Development   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bed net access; Ghana; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide treated bed nets; Insecticide treated mosquito nets; Longlasting insecticidal nets; Malaria; Night time observation; Outdoor sleeping; Qualitative research; Residual transmission; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEAT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NIGHT TIME ACTIVITY; OUTDOOR SLEEPING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INFANT; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SLEEP; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREGNANCY; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924115450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0543-4     Document Type: Article

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