Barriers experienced by parents of children with clubfoot deformity attending specialised clinics in Uganda

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-18

  Kazibwe, Herman ^a   Struthers, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASTER CAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUBFOOT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549088006     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080178     Document Type: Article

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