Community-based study on knowledge, attitude and practice on the mode of transmission, prevention and treatment of the Buruli ulcer in Ga West District, Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-458

  Renzaho, Andre M N ^a,b,c   Woods, Paul V ^a,b   Ackumey, Mercy M ^c   Harvey, Simon K ^d   Kotin, Jacob ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b World Vision Australia   (Australia)

^c WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^e World Vision Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Ghana; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Treatment; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYGIENE; PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITCHCRAFT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WITCHCRAFT;

AFRICA; GA WEST; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 33847129654     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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