Healthcare-use for major infectious disease syndromes in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-133

  Breiman, Robert F ^a   Olack, Beatrice ^a   Shultz, Alvin ^a   Roder, Sanam ^a   Kimani, Kabuiya ^a   Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Burke, Heather ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acute Respiratory infection; Diarrhoeal diseases; Febrile illness; Healthcare seeking; Healthcareuse; Informal settlements; Kenya; Pneumonia; Slums; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; URBANIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953095975     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7854     Document Type: Article

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