Health professionals' attitudes and misconceptions regarding podoconiosis: potential impact on integration of care in southern Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Yakob, Bereket ^a   Deribe, Kebede ^b   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Fayyaa Integrated Development Association   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Chronic care model; Elephantiasis; Ethiopia; Podoconiosis; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT CARE; PODOCONIOSIS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649083176     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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