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| Title |
Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South Municipalities of Ghana
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-264 |
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| Authors |
Mercy M Ackumey, Margaret Gyapong, Matilda Pappoe, Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Mitchell G Weiss |
| Abstract |
Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU may clarify the disease burden, illness experience and local perceptions of causes and spread, and environmental features of BU, which are useful to guide public health programmes and future research. This study aimed to explain local meanings and experiences of BU for persons with pre-ulcers and ulcers in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities in Accra. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 132 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 128 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 18% |
| Researcher | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 26 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 9% |
| Psychology | 11 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 35 | 27% |
| Unknown | 33 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 April 2012.
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#18,305,445
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#12,753
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#126,473
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#183
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