Socio-cultural determinants of health-seeking behaviour on the Kenyan coast: a qualitative study.

Severe childhood illnesses present a major public health challenge for Africa, which is aggravated by a suboptimal response to the child's health problems with reference to the health-seeking behaviour of the parents or guardians. We examined the health-seeking behaviour of parents at the Kenya...

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Main Authors: Amina Abubakar, Anneloes Van Baar, Ronald Fischer, Grace Bomu, Joseph K Gona, Charles R Newton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832523?pdf=render