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| Title |
Treatment choices for fevers in children under-five years in a rural Ghanaian district
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-9-188 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Justice Nonvignon, Moses KS Aikins, Margaret A Chinbuah, Mercy Abbey, Margaret Gyapong, Bertha NA Garshong, Saviour Fia, John O Gyapong |
| Abstract |
Health care demand studies help to examine the behaviour of individuals and households during illnesses. Few of existing health care demand studies examine the choice of treatment services for childhood illnesses. Besides, in their analyses, many of the existing studies compare alternative treatment options to a single option, usually self-medication. This study aims at examining the factors that influence the choices that caregivers of children under-five years make regarding treatment of fevers due to malaria and pneumonia in a rural setting. The study also examines how the choice of alternative treatment options compare with each other. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 196 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 190 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 37 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 13% |
| Researcher | 24 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 40 | 20% |
| Unknown | 35 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 8 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 25 | 13% |
| Unknown | 47 | 24% |