The effect of single or repeated home visits on the hanging and use of insecticide-Treated mosquito nets following a mass distribution campaign - A cluster randomized, controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Kilian, Albert ^a,b   Balayo, Connie ^c   Feldman, Mitra ^a   Koenker, Hannah ^d   Lokko, Kojo ^d   Ashton, Ruth A ^a   Bruce, Jane ^a   Lynch, Matthew ^d   Boulay, Marc ^d  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b Tropical Health LLP ^*  (Spain)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HOME VISIT; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84924974791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119078     Document Type: Article

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