The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: A mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Caleo, Grazia ^a,g   Duncombe, Jennifer ^b   Jephcott, Freya ^c   Lokuge, Kamalini ^a,d   Mills, Clair ^b   Looijen, Evita ^b   Theoharaki, Fivi ^a   Kremer, Ronald ^b   Kleijer, Karline ^b   Squire, James ^e   Lamin, Manjo ^e   Stringer, Beverley ^f   Weiss, Helen A ^g   Culli, Daniel ^a   Di Tanna, Gian Luca ^h   Greig, Jane ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MSF   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^f Medical Unit   (United Kingdom)

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

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community perception; Ebola virus disease; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042017153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5158-6     Document Type: Article

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