Using women advocacy groups to enhance knowledge and home management of febrile convulsion amongst mothers in a rural community of Sokoto state, Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Oche, Oche Mansur ^a   Ben Onankpa, Oloche ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Febrile convulsion; Home management; Intervention; Knowledge; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NIGERIA; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WITCHCRAFT; WOMEN ADVOCACY GROUP;

EID: 84874425385     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.49.1703     Document Type: Article

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