Prejudice and misconceptions about tuberculosis and HIV in rural and urban communities in Ethiopia: A challenge for the TB/HIV control program

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Deribew, Amare ^a,b   Abebe, Gemeda ^a,b   Apers, Ludwig ^c   Jira, Chali ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Shifa, Jafar ^a   Abdisa, Alemseged ^a   Woldemichael, Kifle ^a   Deribie, Fetene ^a   Bezabih, Mesele ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^d   Colebunders, Robert ^b,c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Armaur Hansen Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954198628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-400     Document Type: Article

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