Knowledge about childhood autism and opinion among healthcare workers on availability of facilities and law caring for the needs and rights of children with childhood autism and other developmental disorders in Nigeria

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bakare, Muideen O ^a   Ebigbo, Peter O ^b   Agomoh, Ahamefule O ^a   Eaton, Julian ^c   Onyeama, Gabriel M ^b   Okonkwo, Kevin O ^b   Onwukwe, Jojo U ^a   Igwe, Monday N ^b   Orovwigho, Andrew O ^a   Aguocha, Chinyere M ^a  

^a Federal Neuro psychiatric Hospital Enugu   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c West Africa CBM National Co ordination Office   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHILDHOOD AUTISM AMONG HEALTH WORKERS QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; NIGERIA; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPINION ON AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES AND LAW CARING FOR THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH CHILDHOOD AUTISM AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149146884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-12     Document Type: Article

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