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| Title |
Barriers to the effective treatment and prevention of malaria in Africa: A systematic review of qualitative studies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-698x-9-26 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David M Maslove, Anisa Mnyusiwalla, Edward J Mills, Jessie McGowan, Amir Attaran, Kumanan Wilson |
| Abstract |
In Africa, an estimated 300-500 million cases of malaria occur each year resulting in approximately 1 million deaths. More than 90% of these are in children under 5 years of age. To identify commonly held beliefs about malaria that might present barriers to its successful treatment and prevention, we conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies examining beliefs and practices concerning malaria in sub-Saharan African countries. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine, State of | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 209 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 2 | <1% |
| Botswana | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 201 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 13% |
| Researcher | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 32 | 15% |
| Unknown | 40 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 35 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 47 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 June 2023.
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#2,487,785
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#3,012
of 17,529 outputs
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#8,415
of 108,289 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#14
of 66 outputs
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