Perceptions of malaria control and prevention in an era of climate change: a cross-sectional survey among CDC staff in China

Malaria Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tong, Michael Xiaoliang ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a   Hanson Easey, Scott ^a   Cameron, Scott ^a   Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^b   Liu, Xiaobo ^b   Sun, Yehuan ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Han, Gil Soo ^d   Williams, Craig ^e   Bi, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Climate change; Imported cases; Infectious diseases; Malaria; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016455362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1790-3     Document Type: Article

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