Psychosocial aspects of health seeking behaviours of patients with Buruli ulcer in southern Benin

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 750-759

  Aujoulat, Isabelle ^a   Johnson, Christian ^b   Zinsou, Claude ^c,e   Guédénon, Augustin ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Buruli Ulcer Programme   (Benin)

^c Ctr Sanitaire/Nutritional Gbemoten   (Benin)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e Ctr Sanitaire/Nutritionnel G   (Benin)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Benin; Buruli ulcer; Health education; Perceptions; Prevention; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BENIN; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SKIN ULCER;

BENIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042160025     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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