Attitude of children towards medication and health in urban and rural schools of Tamil Nadu.

ABSTRACT

In most cases of Pediatric practice, medicine is prescribed to the child without taking into consideration his likes and dislikes. The medicines are usually thrust upon them. Though our foremost aim is to cure the patient, we should give due importance to make the process of cure as comfortable as possible. Keeping this in mind, opinion poll of around nine hundred school students from rural and urban population of age ranging from 11 years to 16 years was taken. The result is analysed and suggestion is given to rationalise the treatment for better compliance.