Barriers to seeking timely treatment for severe childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh.
Kamal Ibne Amin ChowdhuryIshrat JabeenMahfuzur RahmanAbu Syed Golam FaruqueNur H AlamShahjahan AliTahmeed AhmedGeorge J FuchsTrevor DukeNiklaus GyrHaribondhu SarmaPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
This study identified key social, economic and infrastructural factors that lead to delayed treatment for childhood pneumonia in the study district in rural Bangladesh. Interventions that inform mothers and empower women in the decision to seek healthcare, as well as improvement of infrastructure at the facility level could lead to improved behaviour in seeking and getting treatment of childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh.