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Developing interventions to improve parental and carer performance of temperature measurement, fever care and knowledge of feverish illness in children

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Background: Fever is often the initial feature of infectious diseases, which remains a major cause of morbidity and an important cause of mortality in children in the UK, and is one of the most common reasons for children to be taken to a general practitioner. Febrile illness therefore places a considerable burden on children, their families and health care services. The initial disease identification and diagnostic challenge starts at home, with parents and carers differentiating ...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Research group:
Diagnostics - Primary Care
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
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Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Role:
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Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Role:
Supervisor
Publication date:
2014
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
Oxford University, UK
Language:
English
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Local pid:
ora:11324
Deposit date:
2015-04-30

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