Secondary school students' knowledge, attitudes, and practice toward epilepsy in the Batibo Health District - Cameroon

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1262-1265

  Njamnshi, Alfred K ^a,b   Angwafor, Samuel A ^a   Jallon, Pierre ^c   Muna, Walinjom F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Education; Epilepsy; Familiarity; Rural Cameroon; Schools; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549140783     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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