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Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health-Seeking Behaviour on the Kenyan Coast: A Qualitative Study

BACKGROUND: 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...

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Autores principales:	Abubakar, Amina, Van Baar, Anneloes, Fischer, Ronald, Bomu, Grace, Gona, Joseph K., Newton, Charles R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071998

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