Does spatial location matter? Traditional therapy utilisation among the general population in a Ghanaian rural and urban setting

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 439-450

  Gyasi, Razak Mohammed ^a   Asante, Felix ^a   Segbefia, Alexander Yao ^a   Abass, Kabila ^a   Mensah, Charlotte Monica ^a   Siaw, Lawrencia Pokuah ^a   Eshun, Gabriel ^a   Adjei, Prince Osei Wusu ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Biologically based therapies; Ghana; Primary health care; Spatial variation; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICAN MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937642466     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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