PMID- 23353561
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130409
LR  - 20130128
IS  - 0272-684X (Print)
IS  - 0272-684X (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011-2012
TI  - A rural-urban comparison of client-provider interactions in patent medicine shops 
      in South west Nigeria.
PG  - 195-203
LID - 10.2190/IQ.32.3.c [doi]
AB  - The increasing prominence of patent medicine vendors (PMVs) in healthcare 
      provision makes information about how they operate of interest. This study 
      assessed consumers' behavior and PMVs' performance in the treatment of childhood 
      illnesses in rural and urban communities in South West Nigeria. Non-participatory 
      observations were carried out in 163 licensed patent medicine stores in Oyo 
      State, Nigeria. Many PMV shops (70.6% rural and 61.9% urban; p = 0.141); stocked 
      non proprietary drugs. Clients often requested for drugs by name (75.4% urban 
      versus 62.2% rural; p = 0.002) and PMVs mostly sold drugs as requested without 
      questions (65.3% urban 57.8% rural; p = 0.07). Inappropriate treatment practices 
      and invasive procedures were observed more often in urban PMVs shops (p < 0.001). 
      PMVs functioned mostly as sales persons supplying clients' drug requests. 
      Strategies to improve PMV treatment practices should include caregiver education 
      to be effective.
FAU - Fajola, Akinwunmi
AU  - Fajola A
AD  - University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
FAU - Asuzu, Michael C
AU  - Asuzu MC
FAU - Owoaje, Eme T
AU  - Owoaje ET
FAU - Asuzu, Chioma C
AU  - Asuzu CC
FAU - Ige, Olusimbo K
AU  - Ige OK
FAU - Oladunjoye, Olubunmi O
AU  - Oladunjoye OO
FAU - Asinobi, A
AU  - Asinobi A
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Int Q Community Health Educ
JT  - International quarterly of community health education
JID - 8010942
RN  - 0 (Nonprescription Drugs)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Drug Industry
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Services Accessibility
MH  - Health Services Research
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Nigeria
MH  - *Nonprescription Drugs
MH  - Pharmaceutical Services/*organization & administration
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Urban Population
EDAT- 2011/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2013/04/10 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - HVH8G27023048822 [pii]
AID - 10.2190/IQ.32.3.c [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Q Community Health Educ. 2011-2012;32(3):195-203. doi: 10.2190/IQ.32.3.c.