Health-seeking Behaviour of Women Reporting Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections

Durr-e-Nayab,

doi:10.30541/v44i1pp.1-35

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“…A previous study in South Africa indicated that managing illness with prayers was preferred over western medicines as in their opinion God is more powerful than everything else in the universe ( 18 ). This finding is consonant with a previous study from Pakistan, which found that symptoms of illness were generally taken normally; therefore, there is no need to be sensitive about seeking care for treatment, and health-seeking behavior was strongly dependent upon people's belief systems relevant to their socio-cultural milieu ( 27 , 28 ). There were other reasons too that compelled mothers to treat them at home first.…”

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Rural mothers' beliefs and practices about diagnosis, treatment, and management of children health problems: A qualitative study in marginalized Southern Pakistan

Ahmed

Malik²,

Zia³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionAppropriate health-seeking beliefs and practices are indispensable for the survival and development of children. In this study, we explore childcare beliefs and practices of rural mothers and analyze the different ways childhood illness is diagnosed and managed in a marginalized rural community in Southern Pakistan.MethodsUsing purposive sampling, in-depth interviews are conducted to obtain qualitative data from 20 illiterate and rural mothers in addition to 15 healthcare providers in the district Rajanpur of South Punjab.Results and discussionThe findings reveal that rural mothers' access to healthcare and therapeutic programs is impeded due to geographical isolation, structural inequalities, poverty, and illiteracy. Consequently, evil eyes, witchcraft, and spirits are recognized as potential threats to children's health and nutrition. Therefore, the treatment of childhood morbidity and malnutrition is mostly performed with folk, domestic, herbal, magico-religious remedies, and spiritual healing methods. The current study also highlights that many low-income and rural mothers tend to normalize childhood illness when they become unable to advocate for their children's health and nutrition. Besides improving low-income mothers' access to healthcare facilities, health education and risk communication at the field level through field health staff could be most effective for health promotion.

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Rural mothers' beliefs and practices about diagnosis, treatment, and management of children health problems: A qualitative study in marginalized Southern Pakistan

Ahmed

Malik²,

Zia³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Occupation of women can exerts a considerable influence on the probability of seeking information as it provides freedom to move beyond the confines of the household. These findings are in line with findings the findings of Das and Visaria Nayab, Aslam and Kingdon, Ghosh and Gavgani et al, [5,9,10,11,12].…”

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Information-Seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Household Health and Hygiene Practices

Kaur

Sharma

2019

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Background: Inadequate health and hygiene practices have direct effect on health of the individual, family, communities and nation as a whole. The knowledge about different health and hygiene practices depends largely upon the sources from where we regularly get information. Women tend to be the primary health information seekers for family and for themselves. Therefore there is a need to study their information seeking behaviours. Aim: The present study was conducted with the objectives to identify the information-seeking behaviour of women regarding household health and hygiene practices, and to ascertain the relationship of information-seeking behaviour of women with their household and socio-economic characteristics. Methodology: The study was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab. Two blocks and two zones were selected purposively from Ludhiana district. Further two villages from each block and two localities from each zone were selected randomly. Twenty five women from each selected village as well as from each locality in the age of 25-50 years were selected on random basis. Thus, a total of 200 women formed the sample for the study and data was collected with the help of an interview schedule. Original Research ArticleResults: Information-seeking behaviour was studied in terms of information needs, use of information source and information source evaluation. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents i.e. 59 per cent had low information needs for selected household health and hygiene practices. Informal sources were the most frequently used sources of information whereas use of all information sources by most of the respondents (98%) was found to be low. Around 40 per cent of the respondents never evaluate the source of information while looking for information on household health and hygiene practices. Half of the respondents (50%) had active informationseeking behaviour regarding household health and hygiene practices. Conclusion: Information-seeking behaviour of the respondents was positively correlated with their education, occupation and mass media exposure while age of the respondents and the family type were negatively correlated with their information-seeking behaviour.

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“…It may be due to the reason that more educated persons were more aware of the importance of health and hygiene practices so they seek more information from each source of information and respondents with high family income may have higher access to sources of information. These findings were in the agreement with the findings of Das and Visaria, Nayab, Aslam and Kingdon and Gavgani et al [8,9,10,11]. Respondents' caste and mass media exposure were also correlated eir ISB.…”

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Information-seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Food Related Health and Hygiene Practices

Kaur

Sharma

2019

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The present study was undertaken with the objectives to identify the information-seeking behaviour of women regarding food related health and hygiene practices, and to ascertain the relationship of information-seeking behaviour of women with their personal and socio-economic characteristics. The study was conducted in both the rural and urban areas of Ludhiana district of Punjab, India. A total of 200 women formed the sample for the study, and data was collected with the help of an interview schedule. Information-seeking behaviour was studied in terms of information needs, use of information sources and information source evaluation. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents had low information needs for selected food related health and hygiene practices. Informal sources (like family, friends, neighbours and relatives) were the most frequently used sources of information, whereas use of all information sources i.e. formal sources, informal sources and mass media were found to be low by most of the respondents. Information sources were never evaluated by the majority of the respondents while looking for information on food related health and hygiene practices. Most of the respondents possessed passive information-seeking behaviour for food related health and hygiene practices. Information-seeking behaviour of the respondents was positively correlated with their education, caste, family income and mass media exposure while age of the respondents was negatively correlated with their information-seeking behaviour.

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Health-seeking Behaviour of Women Reporting Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections

Cited by 8 publications

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Rural mothers' beliefs and practices about diagnosis, treatment, and management of children health problems: A qualitative study in marginalized Southern Pakistan

Rural mothers' beliefs and practices about diagnosis, treatment, and management of children health problems: A qualitative study in marginalized Southern Pakistan

Information-Seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Household Health and Hygiene Practices

Information-seeking Behaviour of Women Regarding Food Related Health and Hygiene Practices

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