Illness incidence and health seeking behaviour among street children in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan - A qualitative study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-532

  Ali, Moazzam ^a   de Muynck, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health care seeking; Health perceptions; Pakistan; Street children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SELF CARE;

EID: 23844493131     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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