Acceptability of traditional healers as directly observed treatment providers in tuberculosis control in a tribal area of Andhra Pradesh, India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1260-1265

  Banerjee, A ^a   Sharma, B V ^b   Ray, A ^b   Kannuri, Nanda Kishore ^b   Venkateswarlu, T V ^a  

^a Andhra Pradesh State TB Contr Prog   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Community participation; Health seeking behaviour; Traditional healers; Tribal; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 5644299048     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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