Disease Pattern and Health Seeking Behavior in Rural Bangladesh

Rahman, Mahfuzur; Islam, Md. Sahidul; Islam, Md. Saiful; Sadhya, G; Latif, MA

doi:10.3329/fmcj.v6i1.7408

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“…In a study [18] from Bangladesh, there was no major variation in the utilization of various sources of health care across different age groups in rural area, which was similar to the fi ndings of other studies. [21,22] Among the rural people, the dependence of the poorer ones is more on the quacks and better-off people rely more on the qualifi ed private practitioners, which was consistent with other studies.…”

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“…The attitude of the health provider and patient satisfaction with the treatment play a role in health-seeking behavior. [17] In a study [18] from Bangladesh, although fever was the most reported illness, only 42.3% took service from qualifi ed medical personnel or health facility and the highest percentage of patients went to quacks for the treatment of fever, whereas 11.8% sought no treatment at all. For treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, a higher portion of respondents took services from qualifi ed allopathic doctors (58.1%), although 8.1% went for self-medication.…”

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Health-seeking behavior of rural agricultural workers: A community-based cross-sectional study

Kulkarni¹,

Ms²,

Mallapur³

2013

Int J Med Public Health

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in a rural area of Bhutaramanahatti sub-center (Vantamuri PHC), Belgaum District. Materials and Methods: A total of 400 agricultural workers of age 16-60 years were interviewed in their households/ fi elds. Data were acquired on a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Statistical Analysis Used: Percentages and Chi-square test. Results: Among the study participants 55.75% were males and 44.25% were females, with a male to female ratio of 1.25:1. Most of the agricultural workers (89.5%) were Hindus, 10.5% were Muslims, and 47% were illiterates, whereas 38% had passed fi rst to fi fth grades, 14.5% had passed sixth to tenth grades, and 0.5% had attended tenth plus. Of the 400 subjects, 295 (73.75%) belonged to Class V socioeconomic status. Overall, 48.75% opted government doctors and 28% opted private doctors as the fi rst priority health care providers for their illness. 37.75% preferred private or AYUSH practitioners and 18.25% opted government doctors in case illness was not cured or they were not satisfi ed with the treatment given by the fi rst health care provider. Conclusions: The present study reveals that most of the agricultural workers depended on government doctor for their illness. In order to overcome the situation, special health check-up camps need to be conducted with emphasis on improvement of health.

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Health-seeking behavior of rural agricultural workers: A community-based cross-sectional study

Kulkarni¹,

Ms²,

Mallapur³

2013

Int J Med Public Health

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“…Meanwhile, such factors as household monthly income per capita and working hours per day also affect the medical visitation rate of the migrant workers in Beijing. Rahman and et al (2011) Knowledge about the existing disease pattern and health seeking behaviour is essential to provide need based health care delivery to any population and to make the health care system more pro-poor. Their study concluded that it is important to develop a need based health care delivery system and actions should be taken to improve the overall scenario of health system of rural Bangladesh.…”

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Factors Determining the Choice of Health Care of Textile and Engineering Industrial Workers in Coimbatore

Savitha

2015

IJIED

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Industrial workers constitute only a segment of general population and the factors that influence the health of the population also apply equally to industrial workers. The present study would bring out the availability and adequacy of health facilities in the urban Coimbatore. Therefore, the study of the people's perception of health care services would indicate the line of improvement to be made in the health care services in future. Coimbatore is one of the most industrially developed Districts in Tamil Nadu and has the pride of being called the "Manchester of South India". The data collected from both the textile and engineering industries in Coimbatore city was 1447 employees. It is found that workers who have been born and brought up in urban areas have shown higher tendency to avail private health care services (81%) than those workers whose nativity status is rural areas. Obviously, the reverse pattern is noticed among the sample workers in the case of government health services. The chi-square results between the nativity status and workers" choice of health care services is found to be highly significant (p<0.001). It is interesting to note that when it comes to health, patients are psychologically ready to pay any amount. They never tend to be treated in low cost hospitals but prefer hospitals where good treatment and quality services are available. The findings show that the quality of health care services playing a vital role in choosing the type of health facilities by the workers.

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“…In addition, private clinics are often unaccountable to government standards of service rates and health risks. Though there is little formal data on the differences in private versus public care, one example occurs in rural Bangladesh, where traditional faith healers, homeopaths, untrained pharmacists and allopaths fill the gap in need-based healthcare delivery systems for the rural poor (Rahman et al, 2011). Similarly, among the urban poor, unregulated selling of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and care-seeking from informal and low-quality unlicensed private clinics exacerbate the already poor health of slum-dwellers (Afsana & Wahid, 2013).…”

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Stemming the Medical Brain Drain: A Personal Perspective on a Global Problem

Shakil

2017

EJBM

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The term “medical brain drain” refers to the international migration of physicians from the developing world to developed countries. This loss of health professionals contributes significantly to global health inequities. The issue has been framed in terms of ethical, financial, and infrastructural issues, and many attempts have been made to pose solutions that address the respective arms of this multifaceted phenomenon. This article seeks to explore the medical brain drain from a migrant physician’s personal perspective, contextualized with data and analysis from relevant literature. I conclude that adopting the mindset of “brain circulation” rather than “brain drain” will be a component in paving the way for multidisciplinary solutions to the problems that promote the migration of physicians from resource-limited settings.

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Disease Pattern and Health Seeking Behavior in Rural Bangladesh

Cited by 19 publications

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Health-seeking behavior of rural agricultural workers: A community-based cross-sectional study

Health-seeking behavior of rural agricultural workers: A community-based cross-sectional study

Factors Determining the Choice of Health Care of Textile and Engineering Industrial Workers in Coimbatore

Stemming the Medical Brain Drain: A Personal Perspective on a Global Problem

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