Cultural adaption and validation of the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue–Community Stigma Scale in the assessment of public stigma related to schistosomiasis in lakeshore areas of Mwanza region, Tanzania

• Laura Klinker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Klinker, Anne Boeckler, Saskia Kreibich, Humphrey Mazigo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: klinker.laura@diabetes-zentrum.de

  Current address: Department of Psychology, Research Institute of the Diabetes-Academy Mergentheim, Bad Mergentheim, Germany

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Julius-Maximilian University Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-3257

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• Anne Boeckler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Klinker, Anne Boeckler, Saskia Kreibich, Humphrey Mazigo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Julius-Maximilian University Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

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• Saskia Kreibich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Klinker, Anne Boeckler, Saskia Kreibich, Humphrey Mazigo

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of medical social projects, DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Wuerzburg, Germany

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• Humphrey Mazigo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Klinker, Anne Boeckler, Saskia Kreibich, Humphrey Mazigo

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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