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Provision of home-based care to the adult bedridden patients (19–59 years old) |
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| Gender |
Number of sick |
Provision of care by: |
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| Wife |
Husband |
Mother |
Sister |
Teenage boys |
Teenage girls |
Other women |
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| Males |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Females |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Total |
10 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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Source: In-depth interviews with 25 purposively-selected households in Siaya district, interviewed by Opiyo in 2000 | ||||||||
Opiyo et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:8 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-8 |
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