Effect of residence on mother's health care seeking behavior for common childhood illness in Northwest Ethiopia: A community based comparative cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gelaw, Yalemzewod Assefa ^a   Biks, Gashaw Andargie ^a   Alene, Kefyalew Addis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behavior; Mothers; Northwest Ethiopia; Urban and rural communities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937206244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-705     Document Type: Article

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