Factors affecting health seeking behavior for common childhood illnesses in Yemen

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 1129-1138

  Webair, Hana Hasan ^a   Bin Gouth, Abdulla Salim ^a  

^a HADHRAMOUT UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Childhood survival; Cross sectional; Medical care; Shehair Health Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; YEMEN;

EID: 84886601876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S51124     Document Type: Article

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