Health-related stigma among women with lymphatic filariasis from the Dominican Republic and Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Person, Bobbie ^a   Bartholomew, L Kay ^b   Gyapong, Margaret ^c   Addiss, David G ^d   van den Borne, Bart ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Dodowa Health Research Centre   (Ghana)

^d Fetzer Institute Kalamazoo   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Dominican Republic; Ghana; Lymphatic filariasis; Stigma; Women

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; PARASITIC DISEASE; POVERTY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GHANA; GREATER ANTILLES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 57649178849     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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