A gender-focused qualitative study of barriers to accessing tuberculosis treatment in The Gambia, West Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-75

  Eastwood, S V ^a   Hill, Philip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Access; Diagnostic delay; Gender; Stigma; The Gambia; Traditional healers; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1642516164     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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