Knowledge, health seeking behavior and perceived stigma towards tuberculosis among tuberculosis suspects in a rural community in Southwest Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Abebe, Gemeda ^a,e   Deribew, Amare ^a,e   Apers, Ludwig ^b   Woldemichael, Kifle ^a   Shiffa, Jaffer ^a   Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Abdissa, Alemseged ^a   Deribie, Fetene ^a   Jira, Chali ^a   Bezabih, Mesele ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Duchateau, Luc ^d   Colebunders, Robert ^b,e  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Armauer Hanssen Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 78149443148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013339     Document Type: Article

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