MOTHER-FATHER CONCORDANCE ON TREATMENT CHOICES IN THE CARE OF SICK CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA* A. A. E. OLAOGUN Obafemi Awolowo University and Centre for Research on Family Health Promotion, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria W. R. BRIEGER Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health A. B. AYOOLA P. O. OBIANJUWA Obafemi Awolowo University S. O. ADEBAYO Centre for Research on Family Health Promotion ABSTRACT Communication and agreement between spouses has been found to be an important factor in terms of acceptance and use of family planning services and supplies. Therefore, it is likely that agreement between spouses may play an important role in other aspects of family health, including care of childhood illness. This study, based in a rural and an urban community in Osun State, Nigeria, set out to determine the agreement between mothers and fathers on the illness experience and care provided to their preschool age *This study was supported by a grant from the USAID’s Nigeria Applied Child Health Research Project (N-ARCH), based at The Center for International Health, Boston University (Boston University IRB Protocol Number: 2001-281B). Int’l. Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 25(3) 283-293, 2005-2006 Ó 2006, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc. 283