Parents' Knowledge Attitudes and Beliefs of Childhood Fever Management

Parents are usually getting frustrated when they know that their children are having a fever. Most of them have poor knowledge regarding that and probably they manage their children fever based on their cultural beliefs. Therefore understanding the parents'' knowledge attitude and beliefs in childhood fever management is a critical issue that needs to be focused globally because misdealing with such a situation can lead to several complications. These complications may affect a child''s health and worse their fever. So this monograph attempts to highlight the level of knowledge attitude and beliefs among Malaysian parents including three races (Malays Chinese and Indians) regarding their children fever management.