Delays in seeking and receiving health care services for pneumonia in children under five in the Peruvian Amazon: a mixed-methods study on caregivers' perceptions

• Main Authors: Mónica J. Pajuelo (Author), Cynthia Anticona Huaynate (Author), Malena Correa (Author), Holger Mayta Malpartida (Author), Cesar Ramal Asayag (Author), Juan R. Seminario (Author), Robert H. Gilman (Author), Laura Murphy (Author), Richard A. Oberhelman (Author), Valerie A. Paz-Soldan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Delays in receiving adequate care for children suffering from pneumonia can be life threatening and have been described associated with parents' limited education and their difficulties in recognizing the severity of the illness. The "three delays" was a model orig...