Factors influencing the low utilization of curative child health services in Shebedino district, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-117

  Tefera, Worku ^a   Tesfaye, Hailu ^a   Bekele, Abeba ^a   Kayessa, Elias ^a   Waltensperger, Karen Z ^b   Marsh, David R ^c  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Save the Children   (South Africa)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Care seeking; Child health; Community case management; Community health worker; Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84929938537     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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