Beliefs about and responses to childhood ear infections: A study of parents in Eastern North Carolina

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1153-1165

  Curry, Matthew D ^a   Mathews, Holly F ^a   Daniel III, Hal J ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey C ^a   Mansfield, Christopher J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural beliefs; Cultural consensus analysis; Explanatory models; Medical anthropology; Otitis media; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH BELIEF; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT; RISK; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; NORTH CAROLINA; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036193770     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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