If we build it, they will come: Caregiver decision to use an accessible outpatient psychiatric service for children and adolescents in Nigeria

Ezer Kang, Olayinka Omigbodun, Adeola Oduguwa, Woojae Kim, Lu Qin, Olusegun Ogunmola, Folasade Akinkuotu, Meghan Derenoncourt, Haleem Abdurahman, Olurotimi Adejumo, Kehinde Lawal and Tolulope Bella-Awusah

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 279, issue C

Abstract: If child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) services were accessible in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) such as Nigeria, what individual and socio-cultural factors would influence caregivers’ willingness to use these services when they are needed?

Keywords: Child; Adolescent; Mental health; Psychiatric; Parents; Africa; Nigeria; Indigenous (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113972

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