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

• Main Authors: Mercy Abbey (Author), L. Kay Bartholomew (Author), Margaret A. Chinbuah (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), John O. Gyapong (Author), Bart van den Borne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract 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 ch...