Awareness and perception of risk are among the most crucial steps in the process of taking precautions at individual level for various hazards. In this study, we investigated the factors affecting better knowledge and greater risk perception about earthquakes among residents of Istanbul. A field...

In 1988 a vaccination coverage cluster survey was performed in a squatter area of Manila, Philippines. 24% of the surveyed children (aged 1-2 years) were fully immunized and 19% not immunized. 60% of the children were vaccinated through private organizations. The dropout rates of these children...

What happens when new health information is introduced into a community? We have explored this question in a semi-rural community of Southeastern Tanzania whose population has been in contact with biomedicine for many decades. With the example of malaria, we illustrate how biomedical knowledge...

A main component of current malaria control strategies to reduce malaria-related mortality and severe morbidity is early diagnosis and treatment at peripheral health services such as village health posts and dispensaries. This strategy has been promoted mainly by sensitising the population with...

In the developed world the importance of evidence-based policy is increasingly recognised. Panel studies – a long-term study design where a cross-sectional sample of units is selected and surveyed at regular intervals – are being used to gather information about the same people or...