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The  proportion and determinants of appropriate health seeking behavior for febrile illness among caregivers of children under-five years in Butula sub-county, Busia county, Kenya

Abstract

Employment, multiple children, preferences to self-medicate, confidence in fever identification, facility level, distance to facility, and education are ky factors affecting caregiver's HSB. Policy and practice efforts should focus on these significant individual and health system determinants for HSBs among caregivers of children under five with febrile illness.

Research topics

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

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DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.18028.1

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