Children of single parents have more accidents, more home visits, and less immunisation

Children of single parents have more accidents, more home visits, and less immunisation

Rapidly increasing numbers of children are brought up in single parent households. Fleming and Charlton (p 1572) comparedreported morbidity and health-care patterns in children in householdswith one adult with those of other children. Children in householdswith one adult consulted more often and received more home visits.In particular they reported with more accidents and consultedless often for immunisation. These children need to be targetedby primary healthcare workers to reduce the risk of accidentsand ensure adequate immunisation.

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Morbidity and healthcare utilisation of children in households with one adult: comparative observational study: D M Fleming and J R H Charlton
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