Ngaka ya setswana, ngaka ya sekgoa or both? Health seeking behaviour in Batswana with pulmonary tuberculosis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-172

  Steen, T W ^a   Mazonde, G N ^a  

^a Kweneng Dist Cncl Private Bag 005   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Health seeking behaviour; Traditional treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0032938274     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00329-3     Document Type: Article

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