The association of beliefs about heredity with preventive and interpersonal behaviors in communities affected by podoconiosis in rural Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Ayode, Desta ^a   McBride, Colleen M ^b   De Heer, Hendrik ^c   Watanabe, Emi ^b   Gebreyesus, Tsega ^d   Tadele, Getnet ^a   Tora, Abebayehu ^e   Davey, Gail ^f  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PODOCONIOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SHOE; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867909316     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0204     Document Type: Article

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