Perception towards Regular Health Check-ups

Abstract

The aim of this case study is to explore the perception of the rural people for regular health check-ups. A survey was conducted in 500 households in a village in Telangana in March 2012 to get an overview about the inhabitants’ health and their willingness to go for regular check-ups. Since majority of the respondents reported not visiting doctors or hospitals regularly, the key determinants for avoidance of such health check-ups was examined. The objective was to discover factors that may be addressed in future when healthcare facilities would be made available to these villages. The major determinants for avoidance of regular health check-ups were estimated through a logit model. The health locus of control index was constructed using five questions related to attitude and perception on regular health check-up. The results indicate that demographic factors like gender and age, economic factors such as family income and family health expenditure, distance, cost of availing a doctor and health locus of control are the key determinants for avoiding regular health check-up in rural India. However, due to increasing awareness among the rural population over the years, majority of the respondents are willing to pay a minimal amount of money and ready to use the electronic device which can monitor their health.

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“…Studies suggested that direct factors such as; limited staffing, higher workload, crowded healthcare centers, shortage of required infrastructure, and lower expertise were obstructing public healthcare. (17,22,24,49) The identification of the meaning of PHEs among adolescents in this study stands in the middle of international figures, where a study claims that adolescents have good insight about the definition of PHEs ( 17) and another study shows the opposite (19). The STDs, as one of the recommended PHEs for adolescents, were the least identified assessment by our participants.…”

“…(15) In addition, the association between gender and performance in the literature fluctuates, where some studies confirmed the association (21,22,28,31,32,36,40,42,49) and others didn't. (13)(14)(15)18,20,24,26,27,33,39,43) Overall, most literature clearly indicates female dominance in the sense of knowledge and performance of PHEs.…”

“…(14,20,25,26,30,32,33,35,39) The justification for this phenomenon according to adolescents was; Inadequate knowledge, their financial status and unavailability of health insurance, fear and worrying, being healthy, lack of desire and enthusiasm, lack of family support, and lack of transportation, which were also observed in some other studies. (14)(15)(16)(17)(19)(20)(21)(22)26,27,29,30,(32)(33)(34)36,(38)(39)(40)(41)49,54) Despite the widespread awareness and knowledge about the PHEs, studies revealed a notable disconnection between knowing and doing. While many communities demonstrated high levels of PHE awareness and knowledge, the actual participation often falls short.…”

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“…Study in Indonesia portray that negative attitude evidently as one of factors that influence patients of cancer behavior towards medical health check-up (Susanti et al, 2003). According to Rath and Deb (2017) that increasing awareness on people in rural area will help them to build positive behavior towards regular health check-up. Moreover, level of people awareness toward general health check-up in Indonesia is still low, approximately only reach 20% (RISKESDAS, 2018).…”