Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of febrile illness among children in Malawi.

Ewing, Victoria, Lalloo, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-2200, Phiri, Kamija S, Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa, Mangham, Lindsay J and Sanjoaquin, Miguel (2011) 'Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of febrile illness among children in Malawi.'. Malaria Journal, Vol 10, p. 32.

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Abstract

Those living in hard-to-reach areas were less likely to attend a health facility for a childhood febrile event and experienced greater associated household costs. Consulting CHWs was infrequent, but appeared to reduce attendance at a health facility, even when indicated. Health service planners must consider geographic and financial barriers to accessing public health facilities in designing appropriate interventions.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/32
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WB Practice of Medicine > Medical Climatology > WB 700 Medical climatology. Geography of disease WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 770 Therapy WS Pediatrics > By Age Groups > WS 430 Infancy WS Pediatrics > By Age Groups > WS 440 Preschool child
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-32
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Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2011 10:33
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2024 08:31
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1774

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