Targeting educational campaigns for prevention of malaria and dengue fever: An assessment in Thailand

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brusich, Macy ^a   Grieco, John ^a   Penney, Naomi ^a   Tisgratog, Rungarun ^b   Ritthison, Wanapa ^c   Chareonviriyaphap, Theeraphap ^b   Achee, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Office of Disease Prevention and Control No 3 Cholburi   (Thailand)

Author keywords

and Practices (KAP); Attitudes; Dengue fever; Education campaigns; Knowledge; Malaria; Thailand; Vector control

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; TEMEFOS;

ADULT; AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARMIGERES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BED NET; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL DEVICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALARIA; MALE; MANSONIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BITE; MOSQUITO COIL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; RASH; THAILAND; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARTHROPODA;

DENGUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 84934942619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0653-4     Document Type: Article

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