Background Studies about health care seeking behaviour and healthcare utilisation give a good insight about factors that may have programmatic and policy implications. In a developing country like India people spend a substantial proportion of their incomes on medical treatment. WHO estimates reveal that every year 25 million households are forced into poverty by illness and the struggle to pay for health care. We explore health care seeking behaviour and related out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure among urban slum households in Davangere, Karnataka. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 1st and August 31st, 2015, in urban slums of Davangere. Among 38 slums in Davangere, 22 residential slums formed our sampling frame where a list of houses with under-fives was collected from the Anganwadi registers. In each slum 10 houses were selected through systematic random sampling; thus a total of 220 houses were studied. Data were collected on health care seeking behaviour and expenditure on under-five illnesses. To avoid recall bias, a one-month recall period for any under-five child morbidity was considered. Findings Among 160 under-fives studied, 30% reported illnesses in the past one month. The mean age of the mothers of the under-fives was 26±1.3 years. Majority (81 %) of the mothers belonged to class IV socio economic class (as per
Many social and behavioural factors are involved in the inconsistent use of condom and lubricant among MSM. Preventive programmes must identify these factors in order to target consistent condom and lubricant use among the MSM community.
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