Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about malaria and ITNs utilization among pregnant women in Shashogo District, Southern Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fuge, Terefe G ^a   Ayanto, Samuel Y ^a   Gurmamo, Fiseha L ^a  

^a Hossana College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

ITNs; Malaria; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BED NET; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SLEEP PATTERN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934995780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0755-7     Document Type: Article

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