Development and validation of a cross-cultural knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey instrument for chronic kidney disease in a Swahili-speaking population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Stanifer, John W ^a   Karia, Francis ^b   Voils, Corrine I ^a,c   Turner, Elizabeth L ^a   Maro, Venance ^b   Shimbi, Dionis ^b   Kilawe, Humphrey ^b   Lazaro, Matayo ^b   Patel, Uptal D ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE SURVEY INSTRUMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SWAHILI (PEOPLE); TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; PROCEDURES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926205858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121722     Document Type: Article

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