scholarly journals Mothers’ Perception and Healthcare Seeking Behavior of Pneumonia Children in Rural Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Ferdous ◽  
Fahmida Dil Farzana ◽  
Shahnawaz Ahmed ◽  
Sumon Kumar Das ◽  
Mohammad Abdul Malek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Childhood Pneumonia ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior

We describe mothers’ perception about signs and symptoms, causes of the illness, and healthcare seeking behaviors related to pneumonia and express the major modifiable barriers to seeking timely treatment when their under-5 children had pneumonia in rural Bangladesh. Using focus group discussion, we understood mothers’ perception and healthcare seeking behavior of childhood pneumonia. Although mothers described pneumonia as a serious life threatening disease in young children but most of the mothers (n=24) could not diagnose whether their child had pneumonia or not. Environmental factors such as dust particles, spread from coughing mother, and drinking cold water or playing with water were perceived as the causes for pneumonia. Three common barriers noted were as follows: illness was not perceived as serious enough or distance from healthcare facility or lack of money at household for seeking treatment outside. Most of the rural mothers did not have knowledge about severity of childhood pneumonia.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Healthcare Seeking Behavior of Tuberculosis Patients attending Gimbi General Hospital, West Ethiopia

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmamaw Abayneh Badane ◽  
Mohammed Gebre Dedefo ◽  
Edao Sado Genamo ◽  
Nigatu Addisu Bekele
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Treatment Phase ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Tuberculosis Patients ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) now ranks alongside HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) as a leading cause of death worldwide. Globally, 9.6 million people were estimated to have fallen ill with TB in 2014. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and healthcare seeking behaviour of tuberculosis patents in Gimbi General Hospital, West Ethiopia.METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted among tuberculosis patients from March 8 to April 30, 2015. The data collection method was face-to-face interview through structuredstandard questionnaire. To identify the factors associated with knowledge about TB and healthcare seeking behavior, backward logistic regression analysis was used.RESULTS: Of the 138 TB patients, 85(61.6%) had good knowledge about TB while 53(38.4%) had poor knowledge about TB. On multivariable logistic analysis, poor knowledge about TB was more likely to occur among TB patients in intensive treatment phase (Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=4.1, 95% CI= 1.7-9.6, p=0.001).CONCLUSION: TB patients had good knowledge on signs and symptoms of TB, transmission of TB and healthcare seeking behaviour of TB, but their knowledge on the cause of TB, treatment of TB and prevention of TB were not adequate. This study also revealed that the health careseeking behaviour of TB patients were good. 

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTHCARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF OLDER PERSONS IN NIGERIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S143-S144
Author(s):  
Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth ◽  
Joshua O Aransiola ◽  
Catherine O Oyetunji-Alemede ◽  
Opeyemi Ekundayo ◽  
Oluwasegun Oluwaleimu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior

Abstract Abstract The choice of healthcare facility by older persons is an important factor in their healthcare seeking behavior, and this can be associated with a number of factors. This study investigated the relationship between social support and healthcare facility choice of older persons in Nigeria. Other factors associated with the choice of healthcare facilities by older persons were also identified. Quantitative data were collected from a sample of 3,696 elderly aged 60 years above (55.6% male; 44.4% females; mean age = 69.2, SD = 8.60) who were selected through multi-stage systematic random sampling. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that older persons who received social support were more likely to seek treatment in formal healthcare facilities, while older persons who did not receive any form of social support were more likely to seek treatment in informal healthcare facilities. Membership of social or religious groups was found to be a predictor of health seeking behavior among the older adults. Sex, age, level of education, and ability to handle activities of daily living (ADL), and ease of access to the nearest health facility, were found to be significantly associated with choice of healthcare facilities. The article concludes that there is need for conscious planning to provide formal supports to ease access of older persons to available health facilities. Such facilitation should include financial support and removal of existing physical and cultural barriers to health care utilization by older persons.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND HEALTHCARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH TUBERCULOSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Muhammad Reza Saputra ◽  
Windy Rakhmawati ◽  
Sri Hendrawati ◽  
Fanny Adistie
Keyword(s):  
Care Facility ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
World Health ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Poor family healthcare-seeking behavior may cause delays in pediatric tuberculosis management. Knowledge and attitude are among the basic factors that influence in the family healthcare-seeking behavior.Objective: This study aimed to explore the knowledge, attitude, and healthcare-seeking behavior among families of children with tuberculosis.Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study using accidental sampling method. Eighty-three families of children with tuberculosis were recruited. World Health Organization's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey guideline was used to develop the questionnaires used in this study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: Results showed that 51.8% of the families had good knowledge and 53% had a positive attitude while 74.7% of the families did not do early screening, 67.5% preferred hospital for examinations, and 51.8% directly visited a health care facility when the child showed signs and symptoms of tuberculosis. In these families, 77.1% delayed taking the child for treatment for < 1 month, and the reason for the delay in 100% of these families was because they did not know that their children had signs and symptoms of tuberculosis.Conclusion: In conclusion, more than half of the families in this study already had good knowledge, attitude, and practice in accessing healthcare services although poor screening practice was still seen in most families. Thus, nurses have opportunities to provide appropriate health-related education to achieve the desired behavioral change.

scholarly journals Healthcare-Seeking Behavior among Chinese Older Adults: Patterns and Predictive Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2969
Author(s):  
Yanbing Zeng ◽  
Yuanyuan Wan ◽  
Zhipeng Yuan ◽  
Ya Fang
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Predictive Factors ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Heckman Selection Model ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Inpatient Services ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Healthcare Seeking Behavior

This study aimed to investigate the patterns and predictive factors of healthcare-seeking behavior among older Chinese adults. A sample of 10,914 participants aged ≥60 years from the 2011, 2013 and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) was included. The bivariate analyses and Heckman selection model was used to identify predictors of healthcare-seeking behavior. Results shows that the utilization rate of outpatient services increased from 21.61% in 2011 to 32.41% in 2015, and that of inpatient services increased from 12.44% to 17.68%. In 2015, 71.93% and 92.18% chose public medical institutions for outpatient and inpatient services, 57.63% and 17.00% chose primary medical institutions. The individuals who were female, were younger, lived in urban, central or western regions, had medical insurance, had poor self-rated health and exhibited activity of daily living (ADL) impairment were more inclined to outpatient and inpatient services. Transportation, medical expenses, the out-of-pocket ratio and the urgency of the disease were associated with provider selection. The universal medical insurance schemes improved health service utilization for the elderly population but had little impact on the choice of medical institutions. The older adults preferred public institutions to private institutions, preferred primary institutions for outpatient care, and higher-level hospitals for hospitalization.

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