Steps Toward Creating A Therapeutic Community for Inpatients Suffering from Chronic Ulcers: Lessons from Allada Buruli Ulcer Treatment Hospital in Benin

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Amoussouhoui, Arnaud Setondji ^a,b   Johnson, Roch Christian ^a   Sopoh, Ghislain Emmanuel ^a,b   Agbo, Ines Elvire ^a,b   Aoulou, Paulin ^a,b   Houezo, Jean Gabin ^c   Tingbe Azalou, Albert ^a   Boyer, Micah ^d   Nichter, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'ulcère de Buruli Fondation Raoul Follereau   (Benin)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Benin)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABOR; MALE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRENGTH; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; THREAT; WEAKNESS; BENIN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980371874     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004602     Document Type: Article

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