TY - JOUR
KW - Terminology as Topic
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Rural Health
KW - Marriage
KW - Leadership
KW - Humans
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Ghana
KW - Elephantiasis, Filarial
KW - Disease Outbreaks
KW - Culture
AU - Gyapong M
AU - Gyapong J O
AU - Adjei S
AU - Vlassoff C
AU - Weiss M
AB - <p>This article reports on how some endemic rural communities in northern Ghana perceive and manage lymphatic filariasis. The disease was mainly attributed to supernatural and spiritual factors. Except for a few instances of neglect, the community was generally caring towards people with the disease. Issues related to marriage, stigma, concealment and leadership are discussed. On the whole, the importance of social and cultural perceptions of a disease and its relevance to control cannot be over emphasized.</p>

BT - Social science & medicine
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8844927?dopt=Abstract</p>

IS - 2
J2 - Soc Sci Med
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This article reports on how some endemic rural communities in northern Ghana perceive and manage lymphatic filariasis. The disease was mainly attributed to supernatural and spiritual factors. Except for a few instances of neglect, the community was generally caring towards people with the disease. Issues related to marriage, stigma, concealment and leadership are discussed. On the whole, the importance of social and cultural perceptions of a disease and its relevance to control cannot be over emphasized.</p>

PY - 1996
SP - 235
EP - 42
T2 - Social science & medicine
TI - Filariasis in northern Ghana: some cultural beliefs and practices and their implications for disease control.
VL - 43
SN - 0277-9536
ER -