Skip to main content
Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 3/2017

22.10.2016 | Correspondence

Discrimination in Seeking Medical Care for Female Child from Birth to Adolescence – A Retrospective Study: Correspondence

verfasst von: Manas Pratim Roy

Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Ausgabe 3/2017

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

Excerpt

To the Editor: The article on discrimination to girl child is timely and thought provoking [1]. The authors tried to correlate hospital attendance to neglected female children. However, being a tertiary care centre, the study hospital mostly caters to referred and critical cases and may not be a good reflector of the health seeking behavior of the community. Infact, Immunization Clinic may act as a proxy for general population (similar to antenatal clinic in annual HIV sentinel surveillance) but other ratios are not good indicator for gender discrimination, especially if we consider higher vulnerability of male children to diseases and mortality. …
Metadaten
Titel
Discrimination in Seeking Medical Care for Female Child from Birth to Adolescence – A Retrospective Study: Correspondence
verfasst von
Manas Pratim Roy
Publikationsdatum
22.10.2016
Verlag
Springer India
Erschienen in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Elektronische ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2241-9

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 3/2017

Indian Journal of Pediatrics 3/2017 Zur Ausgabe

Update Pädiatrie

Bestellen Sie unseren Fach-Newsletter und bleiben Sie gut informiert.