Beyond knowledge and awareness: Addressing misconceptions in Ghana's preparation towards an outbreak of ebola virus disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Adongo, Philip Baba ^a   Tabong, Philip Teg Nefaah ^a   Asampong, Emmanuel ^a   Ansong, Joana ^b   Robalo, Magda ^b   Adanu, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84960517128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149627     Document Type: Article

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