Community knowledge and the role of health extension workers on integrated diseases among households in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-142

  Seyoum, Ayichew ^a   Urgessa, Kedir ^a   Gobena, Tesfaye ^b  

^a Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Health extension workers; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EXTENSION WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84982252373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S105608     Document Type: Article

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