'I can die today, i can die tomorrow': Lay perceptions of sickle cell disease in Kumasi, Ghana at a point of transition

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 465-481

  Dennis Antwi, Jemima A ^a   Culley, Lorraine ^b   Hiles, David R ^b   Dyson, Simon M ^b  

^a International Confederation of Midwives   (Ghana)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic illness; culture; genetics; Ghana; lay perspectives; newborn screening; sickle cell disease; stigma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICINE; NEONATE; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

EID: 79961160015     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.531249     Document Type: Review

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