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Development of a theory and evidence-based program to promote community treatment of fevers in children under five in a rural district in Southern Ghana: An intervention mapping approach

BACKGROUND: This paper describes the development and implementation of a program to promote prompt and appropriate care seeking for fever in children under the age of five. Designed as a multicomponent program, the intervention comprises elements to influence the behavior of caregivers of children,...

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Autores principales:	Abbey, Mercy, Bartholomew, L. Kay, Chinbuah, Margaret A., Gyapong, Margaret, Gyapong, John O., van den Borne, Bart
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122594 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3957-1

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