Psychosocial effects of river blindness in a rural community in Nigeria

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-136

  Wagbatsoma, V A ^a   Okojie, O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Onchocerciasis; Perceptions; Psychosocial impact; River blindness

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLY; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SKIN NODULE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STREAM (RIVER); SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 2942616811     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400315     Document Type: Article

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