Health seeking behaviour of parents of burned children in Bangladesh is related to family socioeconomics

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 528-532

  Mashreky, S R ^a,b   Rahman, A ^a   Chowdhury, S M ^a   Svanstrom L ^b   Shafinaz, S ^c   Khan, T F ^d   Rahman, F ^a,b  

^a Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Centre for Medical Education   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Burn; Child; Health seeking behaviour; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; BURNS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950023537     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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