Autism awareness and attitudes towards treatment in caregivers of children aged 3-6 years in Harbin, China

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1301-1308

  Wang, Jia ^a   Zhou, Xue ^a   Xia, Wei ^a   Sun, CaiHong ^a   Wu, LiJie ^a   Wang, JianLi ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autism spectrum disorders; Awareness; Caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864941664     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0438-9     Document Type: Article

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