From their own perspective. A Kenyan community's perception of tuberculosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 809-821

  Liefooghe, R ^a   Baliddawa, J B ^b   Kipruto, E M ^b   Vermeire, C ^b   De Munynck, A O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

health seeking behaviour; Kenya; knowledge; patient's delay; perception; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BELIEFS; HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KENYA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

GISHU DISTRICT; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE; USAIN;

EID: 0030738834     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-380.x     Document Type: Article

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