Determinants of health care seeking for childhood illnesses in Nairobi slums

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-245

  Taffa, Negussie ^a,b   Chepngeno, G ^a,b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b Shelter Afrique Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Children; Health care; Kenya; Slums; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; NAIROBI [NAIROBI (SPA)]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

SLUM;

EID: 15244355743     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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