Parental health beliefs and compliance with prophylactic penicillin administration in children with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-116

  Elliott, Vanessa ^a   Morgan, Sam ^b   Day, Sara ^a   Mollerup, Lisa Segal ^b   Wang, Winfred ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Children; Compliance; Health belief model; Penicillin; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN V;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTHER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035104269     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200102000-00009     Document Type: Article

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