Listening to Caregivers: Narratives of Health Seeking for Children Under Five with Pneumonia and Diarrhea: Insights from the NIGRAAN Trial in Pakistan.
Maryam HudaFauziah RabbaniLeah ShiptonWafa AftabKausar S KhanMaria Giulia MariniPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2023)
The joint family system provides a strong support system, but also tends to reduce parental autonomy in decision-making and delay first contact with formal health providers. Prevalent home remedies, and authority of elders in the family influence management practices. Interventions for reducing improving child mortality should be cognizant of the context of decision-making and social influences at the household level.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- decision making
- mental health
- public health
- primary care
- young adults
- health information
- clinical trial
- physical activity
- study protocol
- health promotion
- cardiovascular events
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- phase ii
- risk factors
- tertiary care
- coronary artery disease
- social media
- human health
- climate change
- irritable bowel syndrome
- clostridium difficile