Nodding syndrome or disease? on the conceptualization of an illness-in-the-making

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-118

  Van Bemmel, Karin ^a   Derluyn, Ilse ^a   Stroeken, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

children; conceptualization; conflict; discourse; illness; nodding syndrome; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE; FIELDWORK; HEALTH RISK; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POVERTY;

SOUTH SUDAN; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NODDING SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NODDING SYNDROME; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 84893647544     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.780233     Document Type: Article

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