Motivation and challenges for use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests among informal providers in Myanmar: A qualitative study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sudhinaraset, May ^a,b   Briegleb, Christina ^b   Aung, Moe ^c   Khin, Hnin Su Su ^c   Aung, Tin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal provider; Malaria; Myanmar; Private healthcare provider; Qualitative; Rapid diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MOTIVATION; MYANMAR; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MYANMAR; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84925015589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0585-7     Document Type: Article

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