Perception of tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Wali Ya Nkumu in the Mai Ndombe District

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-312

  Bennstam, Agneta Lillqvist ^a   Strandmark, Margaretha ^b   Diwan, Vinod K ^c  

^a ABB Sweden   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distance; Isolation; Qualitative; Shame; TB control; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842562968     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303261822     Document Type: Article

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