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Primary health care management challenges for childhood atopic eczema as experienced by the parents in a Gauteng district in South Africa

Kaarina F. Meintjes, Anna G.W. Nolte
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 21 | a985 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v21i0.985 | © 2016 Kaarina F. Meintjes, Anna G.W. Nolte | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 October 2017 | Published: 11 October 2016

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Kaarina F. Meintjes, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Anna G.W. Nolte, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Abstract

The goal of this study was to explore and describe the experience of parents regarding the primary health care (PHC) managementof their children's atopic eczemain a Gauteng district. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive, contextual embedded single case study design was employed. Data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews, field notes and direct observation until saturation occurred; analysed according to Tesch's steps of descriptive data analysis. Trustworthiness and ethical measures were used and were employed.Three themes were identified. Management challenges, the second theme with subthemes: drug management, knowledge levels of PHC clinicians, health education andfinancial challenges, will be discussed.

Keywords

Primary health care clinicians; Childhood atopic eczema; Parents; Experience

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