The extent of protective footwear use among school-age rural children at high risk for podoconiosis and socio-economic correlates: A household cross-sectional survey in Southern Ethiopia.

• Hauptverfasser: Abebayehu Tora (Verfasst von), Getnet Tadele (Verfasst von), Gail Davey (Verfasst von), Colleen M McBride (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Podoconiosis is preventable if genetically susceptible people wear shoes starting from an early age and do so consistently. However, lack of routine use of footwear is one of the major risk factors for podoconiosis and several other foot-related Neglected Tropical Dise...