Pediatric therapeutics and medicine administration in resource-poor settings: A review of barriers and an agenda for interdisciplinary approaches to improving outcomes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1681-1690

  Craig, Sienna R ^a   Adams, Lisa V ^a,b   Spielberg, Stephen P ^c,d   Campbell, Benjamin ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Institute for Pediatric Innovation   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Pediatric drug formulations; Pharmaceutical practice; Review; Social use of medicines; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EXCIPIENT; FLAVORING AGENT; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISPERSIBLE TABLET; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STABILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PALATABILITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 71549156228     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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