Access and Utilization of Prenatal Health Care Services in Rural Communities: A Study of Isiekenesi in Imo State

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okechukwu Odinaka Ajaegbu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Prenatal Health ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Prenatal Health Care

Factors affecting the utilization of prenatal health care services in Jerusalem

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Y. Ellencweig ◽  
Hava Palti ◽  
Yehuda Neumark ◽  
Milka Donchin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Prenatal Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Prenatal Health Care

Videoconferencing and Dietitian Services: In Rural Ontario Communities

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-180
Author(s):  
Diana Stenlund
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Access To Health

Registered dietitians (RDs) are regulated health professionals in short supply in Ontario and throughout Canada. Projected workforce studies indicate the situation will likely worsen. Accessing these nutrition specialists is an even greater concern for residents living in rural or remote regions of the province. Smaller communities are increasingly using telehealth as a way to deliver health care services and to improve access to health care professionals. The adoption of interactive videoconferencing as a telehealth application is examined as an alternative approach for accessing RDs in rural communities. While valid reasons exist for implementing videoconferencing, other issues must be considered. These include costs, technological requirements, organizational readiness, and legal and ethical concerns. Future research must fully address the concept of videoconferencing in relation to the Canadian dietetic workforce and practice requirements.

scholarly journals Strategies for enhancing the use of primary health care services by nomads and rural communities in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-333
Author(s):  
Naseem Akhtar Qureshi ◽  
Muzamil H. Abdelgadir ◽  
Aladin Hadi Al Amri ◽  
Talal Hussain Al Beyari ◽  
Philomina Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

scholarly journals Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onyemocho Audu ◽  
Ishaku Bako Ara ◽  
Abdujalil Abdullahi Umar ◽  
Victoria Nanben Omole ◽  
Solomon Avidime
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North Central ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates ◽  
The Government ◽  
Household Heads

Household expenditure on health has increasingly remained a major source of health care financing in Nigeria despite the introduction of several social health scheme policies provided by the government for meeting the health care costs of patients. Recognizing these limitations, this study assessed the type of health care services people commonly use in various illnesses and the sociodemographic correlates of the preferred health care services by household heads in six rural communities of North Central Nigeria. A cross-sectional community-based descriptive study design was used to study 154 household heads in the settlements using a multistage sampling method. Multiple logistic regressions were performed to investigate independent predictors that had significant chi-square atP<0.05. The leading causes of illness experienced by respondents were medical conditions (42.0%) and 41.7% of them sought treatment from patent medicine vendors. The dominant reasons for health-seeking preferences were financial access (53.7%) and proximity (48.6%). Age had a higher impact (Beta = 0.892) on the health-seeking preferences of the respondents as compared to their occupation and religion (Beta = 0.368 and −0.746, resp.). Therefore, in order to meet the health care of patients, it is pertinent that the unmet needs of patients are properly addressed by appropriate agencies.

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