Development of a scale to measure stigma related to podoconiosis in Southern Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Franklin, Hannah ^a   Tora, Abebayehu ^b   Deribe, Kebede ^a   Reda, Ayalu A ^c   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Sociology   (Ethiopia)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Measure; Neglected tropical disease; Podoconiosis; Stigma; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTYPING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875686783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-298     Document Type: Article

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