Determinants of delay in care seeking among children under five with fever in Dodoma region, central Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kassile, Telemu ^a   Lokina, Razack ^b   Mujinja, Phares ^c   Mmbando, Bruno P ^d  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Care seeking behaviour; Delay; Febrile illnesses; Fever; Malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WORK; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; THERAPY DELAY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84908021801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-348     Document Type: Article

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