Factors determining health seeking behaviour for sick children in a fishermen community in Pondicherry

Sudharsanam, MB; Rotti, SB

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“…Excessive referral also leads to lack of building of trust. Similar results were reported by Rotti et al and Dongre et al 18,19 Previous studies have shown that referral from government hospital to higher centre was a hindrance for health centre preference. [20][21][22] Study done by Adane et al on topic Utilization of health facilities and predictors of health-seeking behaviour for under-five children with acute diarrhea in slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study also found that government health facilities (76.9%) were more utilized than private (18.0%) and informal (5.1%) health facilities.23 Nearly all (93.9%) of the mothers/caregivers used government health facilities.…”

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Study of health care seeking behaviour for illnesses among malnourished children of age 06-59 months in rural and urban areas of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

Shukla

Toppo

Thakur

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Even though appropriate medical care seeking could prevent a significant number of child deaths, significant numbers of children die without ever reaching a health facility or due to delays in seeking care.1 This study aimed to compare health seeking behaviour among malnourished children in rural and urban areas.Methods: Cross sectional study carried out in rural and urban areas of Jabalpur district among 1237 children of age group 06-59 months in randomly selected in eight wards and two blocks of Jabalpur District. Where 720 children were from urban wards and 517 from rural villages. Multistage random sampling technique was used for the selection of study subjects. Predesigned questionnaire used to collect data.Results: Out of 720 children of urban area, percentage of acute malnutrition (low weight-for-height) was 136 (18.8%) while in rural area, out of 517 children percentage of acute malnutrition (low weight-for-height) was 102 (19.7%). Out of 136 malnourished children in urban, 32 (23.5%) were having illness while in rural out of 102, 43 (42.1%) were having illness. In rural areas, the mother or primary care giver of the study subjects preferred nearby government hospital (21.9%) the most during illness. While in urban, registered private practitioner (47%) were mostly preferred for consulting during sickness. Still 16.3% of the caregiver in rural area preferred quacks.Conclusions: This shows that the approach of health seeking behaviour is better in urban areas as compared to rural as people still prefer quacks in rural areas.

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Study of health care seeking behaviour for illnesses among malnourished children of age 06-59 months in rural and urban areas of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

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Thakur

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Private care providers are usually preferred all around due to easy accessibility and quality of healthcare services (Sudharsanam, 2007) though with high cost of care which could be unaffordable (Ameh et al, 2021). Whereas public facilities are synonymous with low-quality treatment, long waiting periods, long distances, inconvenient locations, and inadequate facilities.…”

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Factors influencing choice of healthcare facilities utilisation by rural households in Ogun State, Nigeria

Aboaba,

Akamo,

Obalola

et al. 2023

Agricultura Tropica Et Subtropica

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Understanding the choice of healthcare facility utilisation is essential to the provision of need-based healthcare services to the population. This study was carried out to estimate factors influencing the choice of healthcare facilities utilised by rural households. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 240 rural households comprising 1440 persons. Data were collected with the use of a structured questionnaire and analysed with descriptive techniques and a multivariate probit (MVP) model. The MVP result showed that households supplement public healthcare facilities with private clinics, support traditional medical treatment with self-medication, and replace self-medication with public healthcare facilities and private clinics. Similarly, age, gender, household size, cost of drugs, distance to public healthcare facilities, travelling cost, contact with community health workers, total income, awareness of public health facilities, quality of health facilities, and terrain of health facilities influence the choice of healthcare facilities utilised. The study concluded that increased total income, contact with community health extension workers, awareness of health facilities, and perceived quality of services rendered positively influence the choice of healthcare facilities sorted after while the increase in the cost of drugs, distance to health facilities, travelling cost and difficult terrain of health facilities negatively impact the choice of healthcare facilities utilised. The study recommended that public healthcare facilities should be located within the reach of the people and equipped with essential drugs at a reduced cost. Households should also engage in activities that will increase their income so that they can use better healthcare facilities.

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Sociobehavioral Aspects of Medicines Use in Developing Countries

Ansari

2018

Social and Administrative Aspects of Pharmacy in Low- And Middle-Income Countries

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Factors determining health seeking behaviour for sick children in a fishermen community in Pondicherry

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Study of health care seeking behaviour for illnesses among malnourished children of age 06-59 months in rural and urban areas of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

Study of health care seeking behaviour for illnesses among malnourished children of age 06-59 months in rural and urban areas of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

Factors influencing choice of healthcare facilities utilisation by rural households in Ogun State, Nigeria

Sociobehavioral Aspects of Medicines Use in Developing Countries

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