Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of primary caretakers towards Sickle Cell anaemia in children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 416-419

  Macharia, W M ^a   Shiroya, A ^b   Njeru, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTHCARE; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; SICKLE CELL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

KENYA, NYANZA PROVINCE;

EID: 0031420402     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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