Stakeholder perceptions of mental health stigma and poverty in Uganda

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ssebunnya, Joshua ^a   Kigozi, Fred ^b   Lund, Crick ^c   Kizza, Dorothy ^b   Okello, Elialilia ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CODING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 65349113712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-5     Document Type: Article

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