Child morbidity and care-seeking in Nairobi slum settlements: The role of environmental and socio-economic factors

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-328

  Ndugwa, Robert Peter ^a   Zulu, Eliya M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Child health; Health care; Kenya; Slums

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 64049097011     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493508096206     Document Type: Article

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