Validity of maternal report of care-seeking for childhood illness
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Validity of maternal report of care-seeking for childhood illness
Background Accurate data on care-seeking for child illness are needed to improve public health programs and reduce child mortality. The accuracy of maternal report of care-seeking for child illness as collected through household surveys has not been validated. Methods A 2016 survey compared reported care-seeking against a gold-standard of health care provider documented care-seeking events am...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Global Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2047-2978,2047-2986
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.08.010602