Health seeking behaviour of mothers of under-five-year-old children in the slum communities of Nairobi, Kenya

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Mary ^a   Nyamongo, Isaac K ^b  

^a African Institute for Health and Development   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLD; COMMUNITY LIVING; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644968928     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470500516261     Document Type: Article

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