Extent of podoconiosis-related stigma in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
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Extent of podoconiosis-related stigma in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Studies have indicated that social stigma related to podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) has a major impact on the psychosocial wellbeing of patients. However, little effort has been made so far to quantify the level of both felt and enacted stigma in a range of domains of life. We used a recently developed podoconiosis stigma assessment scale to measure levels of stigma as recall...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-647