Correlates of mothers' use of medications for their children
dc.contributor.author | Maiman, Lois A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Becker, Marshall H. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Katlic, Anne W. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T19:36:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T19:36:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Maiman, Lois A., Becker, Marshall H., Katlic, Anne W. (1986)."Correlates of mothers' use of medications for their children." Social Science & Medicine 22(1): 41-51. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26329> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBF-469WW1K-Y/2/b26b7031836a0f3711007a65311160bf | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26329 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3952528&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the extent, determinants and quality of mothers' independent use of medications for treating their children's symptoms. Data on mother-initiated medication behavior (MIMB) were obtained from a stratified systematic random sample of 500 mothers of children presenting for a well child visit at two pediatric ambulatory care sites. Six expert pediatric judges each rated every reported medication use (N = 3908) along three dimensions (usefulness, correctness and harmfulness or helpfulness) and also evaluated the overall appropriateness of each mother's MIMB. Results indicate that: (1) mothers keep available and use for children a considerable variety of different medications and medical appliances; (2) a positive linear relationship exists between mothers' socioeconomic status (SES) and degree of MIMB; (3) mothers' attitudes toward medications and toward their children's health are associated with the number of categories of medications and appliances they possess and use; (4) the combination of SES and attitudinal characteristics accounts for substantial portions of the variance in MIMB; and (5) judges' ratings show only minimal-level support of MIMB (extending to mothers in all SES groups) and are linearly related to SES (P < 0.001). These findings emphasize the need for health care providers to review MIMB, and to provide advice concerning use and misuse of mother-initiated treatments. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Correlates of mothers' use of medications for their children | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Anthropology and Archaeology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3952528 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/26329/1/0000416.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(86)90307-2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Social Science & Medicine | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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