Knowledge about childhood autism among health workers (KCAHW) questionnaire: Description, reliability and internal consistency

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bakare, Muideen O ^a   Ebigbo, Peter O ^b,c   Agomoh, Ahamefule O ^a   Menkiti, Nkem C ^d  

^a Federal Neuro psychiatric Hospital Enugu   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN)   (Nigeria)

^d International Federation for Psychotherapy Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHILDHOOD AUTISM AMONG HEALTH WORKERS QUEATIONNAIRE; MALE; NIGERIA; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 45949097821     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-4-17     Document Type: Article

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