Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014: REFERENCES

Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014
(1994; 54 pages)

Índice de contenido

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
	1.1 Problem statement
	1.2 Objectives of the study
	1.3 Background to the country situation
		1.3.1 Health care in Uganda and injection use
		1.3.2 Sources of equipment and injectables
2. METHODOLOGY
	2.1 Sampling frame
	2.2 User-oriented methods
		2.2.1 Interviews with key informants
		2.2.2 Structured household interviews
		2.2.3 Methodological problems encountered with the household survey
	2.3 Provider-oriented methods
3. EXTENT OF INJECTION USE
	3.1 Prevalence of injection use
	3.2 Prevalence of specific types of injections
	3.3 Sources of injections
		3.3.1 Home possession of injection equipment and injectables
		3.3.2 Qualifications of provider who administered last injection
	3.4 Prevalence of injections at various medical facilities
	3.5 Evaluation of the appropriateness of injection use
4. HYGIENE OF INJECTION PRACTICE
	4.1 Hygiene of injections in Ankole
	4.2 Hygiene of injections in Busoga
		4.2.1 Injecting equipment
		4.2.2 Before injecting
		4.2.3 During injecting
		4.2.4 After injecting
		4.2.5 Summary
	4.3 Injection complications
5. POPULARITY OF INJECTIONS
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
	6.1 Overview of results including main findings
	6.2 Recommendations
		6.2.1 Interventions
REFERENCES
LIST OF APPENDICES
	Appendix 1
	Appendix 2
	Appendix 3
OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE DAP RESEARCH SERIES

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