Child malaria treatment decisions by mothers of children less than five years of age attending an outpatient clinic in south-west Nigeria: An application of the PEN-3 cultural model

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Iwelunmor, Juliet ^a   Idris, Oladipo ^b   Adelakun, Adeniyi ^b   Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOTHER; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOOTH ERUPTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA;

EID: 78649801571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-354     Document Type: Article

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