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Source of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hypertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana.

Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-AddoKwame Ohene BuabengAfia Frimpomaa Asare MarfoFrancis Adjei OseiEllis Owusu-DaboDaniel AnsongBerko Panyin AntoJoseph Marfo BoahengIsaac Nyanor
Published in: Pharmacy practice (2018)
Majority of inhabitants with hypertension and diabetes in both rural and urban communities, sourced medicines and medicine information from public health institutions though a larger proportion was recorded in the urban communities. More participants in the rural communities than in the urban communities sourced medicines and medicine information from community pharmacies. Participants' source of medicine and medicine information was influenced by both predisposing and enabling factors.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • blood pressure
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  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • glycemic control
  • adipose tissue