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Aim: As households' health-seeking behavior depends enormously on socioeconomic and demographic factors particularly in developing county like Bangladesh, it contributes differently to health-care seeking behavior varying household to household. This study intends to explore the nature of the health seeking behavior of urban residents in Sylhet city through assessing the socioeconomic and socio-demographic factors. Subject and Methods: A 150 household survey has been completed in Sylhet city, using a multistage cluster sampling method. A household survey questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic and socioeconomic factors and their impacts on health-seeking behavior. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis investigate the extent of association between different socioeconomic and demographic factors and health-seeking behavior. Results: We found that among the 150 participants, the majority (88%) of household heads are male because gender is signi cantly associated with priority in choosing health care in the study. The result of binary logistic regression indicates the households who have a minimum level of education (primary or above) are 10.617 more likely to use public health care facilities. Income is statistically associated with the main source of health service. The interference of income in seeking treatment has a relationship with the employment sectors (public or private). Moreover, the reasons for choosing a speci c source of health care have a signi cant relationship with the main source of health care (public or private). Conclusion: This study recommends that government should introduce health insurance policy for city dwellers for reducing the inequalities in health services among city dwellers. Background Health seeking behavior refers to decision or an action taken by an individual to maintain, attain, or regain good health and to prevent illness. Health seeking behavior determines how different classes of people use health services from the health professionals and the health service organizations. A number of factors that determine health seeking behavior are: physical, socioeconomic , cultural and political (Musoke et al. 2015; Mahmood et al. 2009, p. 6; Kroeger 1983). The health status and health care service in developing countries are determined by the socio economic status and the affordability and utilization of the health facilities (Guru et al. 2015). So, investigation of socioeconomic factors is one of the vital issues in health services in Bangladesh. The effectiveness of a health system depends on the availability and accessibility of services in a form which the people are able to understand, accept and utilize (Islam and Biswas 2014). However, a large number of the people in Bangladesh, particularly in rural areas, remain with little access to health care facilities (Islam and Biswas 2014). Osman (2008) study found that the factors that contribute to poor accessibility of health care in developing countries are illiteracy, poverty, poor funding of the heal...

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The contraceptive knowledge of today's teenagers decides the future of contraceptive practices of tomorrow's eligible couples. High abortion rate of 46% 2 of live births is associated with lack of contraceptive awareness. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The study was conducted among 426 students belonging to 3 rural colleges in Bangalore, South India. RESULTS: Majority 83.1% of the students were aware of legal age at marriage for girls however 79.6% of the preferred 18-21 years. 78.4% of them preferred two child norm. However, the knowledge regarding contraceptive practices was poor. The awareness regarding condoms was 70.9%, 30.8% for OCPs, 8.9% for IUCD. 16.2% for Emergency contraception and 32.6% for surgical method. 82.6% of them felt that there must be spacing between two children and only 8.6% were aware of IUCD for the same. More than 50% of the students felt that family planning improves health, solves social problems and improves quality of life. CONCLUSION: The study clearly shows that though there is a positive attitude regarding family planning, there is lack of awareness regarding various contraceptive methods.

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