A mixed methods approach to evaluating community drug distributor performance in the control of neglected tropical diseases

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fleming, Fiona M ^a   Matovu, Fred ^b   Hansen, Kristian S ^c   Webster, Joanne P ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community drug distributors; Control; Integration; Mixed methods; Neglected tropical diseases; Opportunity cost; Performance; Preventive chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY DRUG DISTRIBUTOR; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MOTIVATION; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; UGANDA; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975879596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1606-2     Document Type: Article

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