The feasibility and acceptability of mass drug administration for malaria in Cambodia: A mixed-methods study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 264-271

  Peto, Thomas J ^a,b   Tripura, Rupam ^a,b,c   Sanann, Nou ^a   Adhikari, Bipin ^a,b   Callery, James ^a   Droogleever, Mark ^c   Heng, Chhouen ^a   Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^a,b   Davoeung, Chan ^d   Nguon, Chea ^e   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,b   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   Pell, Christopher ^c,f  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Battambang Provincial Health Department   (Cambodia)

^e National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^f AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malaria elimination; Mass drug administration; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE;

EID: 85055203216     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/try053     Document Type: Article

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