Survey: Only 1/3 of parents follow pediatrician advice all the time

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1/3 of parents follow pediatrician advice

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 30 (UPI) -- Parents disregard a lot of medical advice regularly dispensed by pediatricians during well-child visits, U.S. researchers say.

Sarah J. Clark of the University of Michigan -- associate director of the National Poll on Children's Health -- and colleagues polled 907 U.S. parents of children age 8 and younger, and found 56 percent of parents said they followed their child's doctor's advice most of the time, while 13 percent said they follow the provider's advice only occasionally.

The survey found only 31 percent said they followed advice from their child's healthcare provider all the time. Seventeen percent of parents from lower-income households -- less than $60,000 annually -- followed advice occasionally, compared to 8 percent of parents from higher-income households who followed advice occasionally.



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