Black South African children's understanding of health and illness: Colds, chicken pox, broken arms and AIDS

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-393

  Peltzer, Karl ^a   Promtussananon, S ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Black children; Brokren arms; Chicken pox; Colds; South Africa; Understanding of illness

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMON COLD; COMPREHENSION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; NEGRO; OBSERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLAY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARM INJURIES; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0041920966     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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