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

Kosinski, Karen Claire.

Kulinkina, Alexandra V.

Abrah, Akua Frimpomaa.

Adjei, Michael N.

Breen, Kara Marie.

Chaudhry, Hafsa Myedah.

Nevin, Paul E.

Warner, Suzanne H.

Tendulkar, Shalini Ahuja.

2016

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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 have substantial surface water contact with infec... read more

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Kosinski, Karen, Alexandra V. Kulinkina, Akua Frimpomaa Abrah, Michael N. Adjei, Kara Marie Breen, Hafsa Myedah Chaudhry, Paul E. Nevin, Suzanne H. Warner, and Shalini Ahuja Tendulkar. "A mixed-methods approach to understanding water use and water infrastructure in a schistosomiasis-endemic community: case study of Asamama, Ghana." BMC Public Health 16, no. 1 (12, 2016): 1-10.