High school students' knowledge, attitude, and practice with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 492-497

  Pandian, Jeyaraj D ^a   Santosh, Deetha ^a   Kumar, T Santosh ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Epilepsy; India; Knowledge, attitude, and practice; School students; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33750295552     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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