Assessments of ebola knowledge, attitudes and practices in forécariah, Guinea and Kambia, Sierra Leone, july–august 2015

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1721, 2017, Pages

  Jalloh, Mohamed F ^a   Bunnell, Rebecca ^a   Robinson, Susan ^a   Jalloh, Mohammad B ^b   Barry, Alpha Mamoudou ^c   Corker, Jamaica ^d   Sengeh, Paul ^b   Vansteelandt, Amanda ^a   Li, Wenshu ^a   Dafae, Foday ^e   Diallo, Alpha Ahmadou ^f   Martel, Lise D ^a   Hersey, Sara ^a   Marston, Barbara ^a   Morgan, Oliver ^a   Redd, John T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Focus   (Sierra Leone)

^c Koloma Plateau   (Guinea)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^f Ministry of Health   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ebola knowledge; Guinea; Practices; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BORDER REGION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

GUINEA; SIERRA LEONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017302000     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0304     Document Type: Article

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