Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South Municipalities of Ghana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ackumey, Mercy M ^a,b,c   Gyapong, Margaret ^a,d   Pappoe, Matilda ^a   Kwakye Maclean, Cynthia ^e   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e Ga West Municipal Health Administration   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURULI ULCER; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WITCHCRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURULI ULCER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 84861042483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-264     Document Type: Article

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