Parental son preference in seeking medical care for children less than five years of age in a rural community in Bangladesh

We examined drug purchases for children less than five years of age from privately owned pharmacies in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh. The male to female incidence rate ratio was 1.71 (95 per cent confidence intervals = 1.27, 2.28) for overall drug purchase, and 2.94 (95% CI = 1.14, 7.73) for pu...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1988-10, Vol.78 (10), p.1349-1350
Main Authors: Hossain, M M, Glass, R I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Bangladesh
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Drug Therapy - statistics & numerical data
Environment. Living conditions
Female
Health care
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Parents - psychology
Prejudice
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Rural areas
Sex discrimination
Sex Factors
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Tropical medicine
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Summary:We examined drug purchases for children less than five years of age from privately owned pharmacies in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh. The male to female incidence rate ratio was 1.71 (95 per cent confidence intervals = 1.27, 2.28) for overall drug purchase, and 2.94 (95% CI = 1.14, 7.73) for purchase of drugs prescribed by physicians. Our findings support and extend previous observations in this community of parental son preference in caring for children.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.78.10.1349