Barriers to care seeking in directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) clinics and tuberculosis control in Southern Nigeria: A qualitative analysis

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-37

  Okeibunor, Joseph C ^a,d   Onyeneho, Nkechi G ^a   Chukwu, Joseph N ^b   Post, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b GERMAN LEPROSY AND TB RELIEF ASSOCIATION   (Nigeria)

^c Klinikum der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 40549108605     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.27.1.c     Document Type: Article

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