Exploring the impact of the Millennium Village Promise on community networks : the case of Sauri Millennium Village in western Kenya

Jivetti, Billystrom Aronya

doi:10.32469/10355/33037

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“…The study site was located in Sauri, Siaya county in western Kenya within a Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site. The MVP context has been described previously [18–19]. Sauri contains 11 villages and the total catchment population for the health facilities is 73,089.…”

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The impact of “male clinics” on health-seeking behaviors of adult men in rural Kenya

et al. 2019

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BackgroundIn most parts of the world, men access health services less frequently than women, and this trend is unrelated to differences in need for services. While male involvement in healthcare as partners or fathers has been extensively studied, less is known about the health-seeking behavior of men as clients themselves. This interventional research study aimed to determine how the introduction of male-friendly clinics impacted male care-seeking behavior and to describe the reasons for accessing services among men in rural Kenya.Methods and findingsWe questioned men to assess utilization and perceptions of existing health clinics, then designed and evaluated a “male clinics” intervention where dedicated male health workers were hired for one year to offer routine, free services exclusively to men within existing healthcare facilities. Results were compared between data from Male Clinics in specific health facilities, the same facilities concurrently, nearby control facilities concurrently, and intervention facilities historically.Costs of services, distance to facilities, and quality of care were the main barriers to healthcare access reported. The number of total visits was significantly higher than control groups (p<0·0001). In the intervention group, 18·6% of visits were for a checkup compared to almost none in control groups. The most common diagnoses overall were upper respiratory tract infections, malaria and injury. A major limitation of this study is the non-comparability in information captured using the Male Clinic registers compared to control registers.ConclusionsCosts and quality of services deter men from seeking healthcare. The introduction of male-friendly health services could encourage men to seek preventive care and increase service uptake.

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