Changing poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Granada, Nicaragua

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sakisaka, Kayako ^a,b   Jimba, Masamine ^b   Hanada, Kyo ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NICARAGUA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77954355510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-10     Document Type: Article

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