Health beliefs and (timely) use of facility-based care for under-five children: lessons from the qualitative component of Nigeria's 2019 VASA

• Main Authors: Michael Kunnuji (Author), Robinson Daniel Wammanda (Author), Tellson Osifo Ojogun (Author), John Quinley (Author), Stephen Oguche (Author), Adeyinka Odejimi (Author), William Weiss (Author), Bintu Ibrahim Abba (Author), Rebekah King (Author), Ana Franca-Koh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nigeria's under-five health outcomes have improved over the years, but the mortality rates remain unacceptably high. The qualitative component of Nigeria's 2019 verbal and social autopsy (VASA) showed that caregivers' health beliefs about causes of illnesses and ef...