Barriers and enablers to the use of measures to prevent pediatric scalding in Cape Town, South Africa

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-220

  Van Niekerk, Ashley ^a,b   Menckel, Ewa ^c   Laflamme, Lucie ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Division Social Medicine   (Sweden)

^d Division of Global Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barrier; Enabler; Low income setting; Pediatric scalding; Prevention measure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURN; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NURSING; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; SOUTH AFRICA;

BURNS; CAREGIVERS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77955077804     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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