Community perceptions and practices of treatment seeking for childhood pneumonia: a mixed methods study in a rural district, Ghana

Mercy Abbey; Margaret A. Chinbuah; Margaret Gyapong; L. Kay Bartholomew; Hubertus van den Borne

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3513-z

Community perceptions and practices of treatment seeking for childhood pneumonia: a mixed methods study in a rural district, Ghana

Mercy Abbey, Margaret A. Chinbuah, Margaret Gyapong, L. Kay Bartholomew, Hubertus van den Borne

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Original language	English
Article number	848
Journal	BMC Public Health
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3513-z
Publication status	Published - 22 Aug 2016

Keywords

Caregivers
Children under five
Care seeking
Home management
Perceptions
Pneumonia
Ghana

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Abbey, M., Chinbuah, M. A., Gyapong, M., Bartholomew, L. K., & van den Borne, H. (2016). Community perceptions and practices of treatment seeking for childhood pneumonia: a mixed methods study in a rural district, Ghana. BMC Public Health, 16, [848]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3513-z

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