Socio-demographic determinants of health care-seeking behaviour, self-reported illness and self-evaluated health status in Jamaica

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 101-130

  Bourne, Paul Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Care; Health status; Heath; Jamaica; Seeking; Sociodemographic correlates

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WIDOW;

EID: 77953429847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18404529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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