Home Treatment of Childhood Illnesses Prior to Seeking Formal Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study at Different Health Care Levels in Ghana
The discrepancy between self-reported antibiotic use and antibiotic inhibition suggests a lack of awareness about medication identification and appropriate use. This presents a challenge for clinicians in obtaining an accurate treatment history, which is highly relevant to the timely diagnosis and treatment of the illness in the facility.
Authors
- Nicole S. Struck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-5841)
- Ebenezer Ahenkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-9995)
- Lydia Rautman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1735-6295)
- Maike Lamshöft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-9999)
- Ralf Krumkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3053-476X)
- Jürgen May (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-8420)
- Oumou Maïga‐Ascofaré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-5651)
- Felix Osei Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9289-0665)
- Isaac Darko Agyiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4657-1558)
- Jones Ankomah
- Asare Baffour
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Presbyterian University, Ghana (GH)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (GH)
- Hospital of St. Francis Xavier (PT)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.70042
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung