Healthcare Seeking Behavior and Disease Perception Toward Cholera and Acute Diarrhea Among Populations Living in Cholera High-Priority Hotspots in Shashemene, Ethiopia.
Tomas GetahunDejene HailuOndari D MogeniEdlawit Mesfin GetachewBiruk YeshitelaYeonji JeonAbel GedefawSamuyel Ayele AbebeErmiyas HunditoDavid MukasaGeun Hyeog JangGi Deok PakDeok Ryun KimYeshambel Worku DemlieMukemil HussenMekonnen TeferiSe Eun ParkPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Variations in cholera prevention practices between rural and urban residents were shown. Addressing differences in HSB per age groups is needed for community engagement for early case detection and case management; critical in reducing cholera deaths and transmission.