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Care-seeking during fatal childhood illness in rural South Africa: a qualitative study

Abstract:
Barriers to accessing healthcare disrupt the workings of previously accepted care-seeking models. The adapted model presented in this paper more realistically reflects care-seeking experiences and decision-making during severe childhood illness in rural South Africa and helps explain both the persistence of home deaths despite seeking healthcare, and the impact of a child's death on care-seeking in future childhood illness. This model can be used as the basis for developing interventions to reduce under-5 mortality.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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University of Oxford
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-4020-6850
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5227-3444


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Funder identifier:
10.13039/100016270
Grant:
0005119
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/501100000272
Grant:
CL-2016-26-005
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/501100001322
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NA
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/100004440
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058893/Z/99/A
085477/B/08/Z
069683/Z/02/Z
085477/Z/08/Z
201433/Z/16/Z
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/501100000697
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NA


Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group
Journal:
BMJ Open More from this journal
Volume:
11
Issue:
4
Pages:
e043652-e043652
Publication date:
2021-04-29
Acceptance date:
2021-04-12
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EISSN:
2044-6055
ISSN:
2044-6055


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1177449
Local pid:
pubs:1177449
Source identifiers:
W3159528464
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2026-03-24
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