Health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 238-242

  Tinuade, Ogunlesi ^a   Iyabo, Runsewe Abiodun ^a   Durotoye, Olanrewaju ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Childhood; Illness; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952574446     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01677.x     Document Type: Article

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