Pathways of care-seeking during fatal infant illnesses in under-resourced South African settings

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-116

  Sharkey, Alyssa B ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^b,d   Jackson, Debra ^c   Winch, Peter J ^a   Minkovitz, Cynthia S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behaviour; Infant mortality; Qualitative research; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855531111     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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