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Tackling tuberculosis patients' internalized social stigma through patient centred care: An intervention study in rural Nicaragua

BACKGROUND: We report a patient-centered intervention study in 9 municipalities of rural Nicaragua aiming at a reduction of internalized social stigma in new AFB positive tuberculosis (TB) patients diagnosed between March 2004 and July 2005. METHODS: Five out of 9 municipal teams were coached to tai...

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Autores principales: Macq, Jean, Solis, Alejandro, Martinez, Guillermo, Martiny, Patrick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18466604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-154