Community Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices towards Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Uganda

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-201

  Bannink, Femke ^a   Stroeken, Koenraad ^a   Idro, Richard ^b,c   van Hove, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; attitudes; disability; hydrocephalus; knowledge; practices; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937197979     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2014.998174     Document Type: Article

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