Zambian teachers: What do they know about epilepsy and how can we work with them to decrease stigma?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a,b   Chomba, Elwyn ^c   Atadzhanov, Masharip ^c   Mbewe, Edaward ^d   Haworth, Alan ^c,d  

^a East Lansing   (United States)

^b Chikankata Health Services   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d Chainama College of Health Sciences   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Knowledge; Stigma; Teachers; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; SUPERSTITION; TEACHER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WITCHCRAFT; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EPILEPSY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33748160618     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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