An exploration of the social stigma of tuberculosis in five "municipios" of Nicaragua to reflect on local interventions

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-217

  Macq, Jean ^a   Solis, Alejandro ^b   Martinez, Guillermo ^b   Martiny, Patrick ^a   Dujardin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIOSS   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Local health care system; Nicaragua; PATB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; NICARAGUA; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRUST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; NICARAGUA; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 24344479643     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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