Health seeking behaviour and utilization of health facilities for schistosomiasis-related symptoms in ghana

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Danso Appiah, Anthony ^a,b   Stolk, Wilma A ^a   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^c   Otchere, Joseph ^c   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   de Vlas, Sake J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649782705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000867     Document Type: Article

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