The role of traditional treatment on health care seeking by caregivers for sick children in Sierra Leone: Results of a baseline survey

Acta Tropica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-52

  Bakshi, Salina S ^a   McMahon, Shannon ^b   George, Asha ^b,e   Yumkella, Fatu ^c   Bangura, Peter ^c   Kabano, Augustin ^d   Diaz, Theresa ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Dalan Consultants ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Diarrhea; Fever; Herbalists; Sierra Leone; Traditional treatments

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

BASELINE SURVEY; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; SERVICE PROVISION; STATE ROLE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SIERRA LEONE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84877134392     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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