Determinants of care seeking for children with pneumonia and diarrhea in guatemala: Implications for intervention strategies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 647-657

  Bruce, Nigel ^a   Pope, Daniel ^a   Arana, Byron ^b   Shiels, Christopher ^a   Romero, Carolina ^b   Klein, Robert ^b   Stanistreet, Debbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Health Studies   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896510848     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301658     Document Type: Article

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