Improving caregivers' home management of common childhood illnesses through community level interventions

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-238

  Ebuehi, Olufunke Margaret ^a   Adebajo, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

C IMCI; Caregivers; Home management key practices; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALARIA; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUGH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALARIA; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77958138365     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493510364167     Document Type: Article

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