A mixed-methods approach to understanding water use and water infrastructure in a schistosomiasis-endemic community: case study of Asamama, Ghana

• Main Authors: Karen Claire Kosinski (Author), Alexandra V. Kulinkina (Author), Akua Frimpomaa Atakora Abrah (Author), Michael N. Adjei (Author), Kara Marie Breen (Author), Hafsa Myedah Chaudhry (Author), Paul E. Nevin (Author), Suzanne H. Warner (Author), Shalini Ahuja Tendulkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Surface water contaminated with human waste may transmit urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS). Water-related activities that allow skin exposure place people at risk, but public health practitioners know little about why some communities with access to improved water infrastructure h...