Using Qualitative Methods to Explore Lay Explanatory Models, Health-Seeking Behaviours and Self-Care Practices of Podoconiosis Patients in North-West Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) is a chronic, non-infectious disease resulting from exposure of bare feet to red-clay soil in tropical highlands. This study examined lay beliefs about three under-researched aspects of podoconiosis patients’ care: explanatory models, hea...

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Autores principales: Banks, Harrison S., Tsegay, Girmay, Wubie, Moges, Tamiru, Abreham, Davey, Gail, Cooper, Max
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004878

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004878

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