scholarly journals Economic Factors Affecting Retention of HIV Patient on Treatment at Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-243
Author(s):  
Uba Sabo Ado
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Health Facility ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Retention In Care ◽  
Transport Cost ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Hiv Patients ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cost Of Transportation

The Economic Barriers To The Retention Of HIV Patient On Treatment Is A Challenge To Optimal Viral Suppression. This Study Examined Economic Factors Related To Retention Such As Employment Status, Food Insecurity And Cost Of Transportation To Health Facility That May Influence Retention At Wuse General Hospital, Abuja. A Retrospective Cohort Study Design Was Used To Access Economic Factors That Influence The Retention Of HIV Patients On Treatment. A Total Of 240 Clients Were Recruited, And A Pre-Tested Interviewer-Administered Semi-Structured Questionnaire Was Used For Data Collection. Data Were Entered Into Stata/MP 15.0 And Then Exported Into SPSS Version 23.0 For Statistical Analysis. Of The 240 Respondents Interviewed. The Findings Revealed That There Is An Association Between Socio-Demographic And Employment Status And Retention In Care. The Results Show That Younger Ages (20-49), Being Males (64.1%) And Unemployed (72.3%), Are More Likely To Be Associated With Retention (P<0.047). The Association Between Socio-Economic Characteristics Of Respondents And Cost Of Travelling To Facility (P=0.016) And Rural Of Place Residence (P=0.000) Was Statistically Significant, Respectively. This Study Also Reveals That The Cost Of Transportation Less Than N200 Has Significant Relationships With Retention In At The Study Site (P=0.016). To Address The Challenges Related To Travel Distance To Health Facility And High Transport Cost, Patients Should Be Continually Encouraged To Access Treatment At Their Nearest Clinic Of Their Choice. Linking Unemployed HIV Patients To Economic Empowerment Programmes Will Help Improve Their Economic Status.

scholarly journals Institutional Factors Affecting Retention of HIV Patient on Treatment at Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Uba Sabo Ado
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Retention In Care ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Hiv Patients ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Institutional Factor ◽  
Factors Affecting

Retention On Treatment Is A Critical Factor In Reducing HIV-Related Morbidity And Mortality, The Incidence Of New Infections, And Development Of Drug Resistance Among Children And Adults. This Study Examined Institutional Factors Affecting Retention Of HIV Patients On Treatment, Care, And Support Services At Wuse General Hospital, Abuja. A Retrospective Cohort Study Was Used To Access Institutional Factors That Influence HIV Patient Retention On Treatment. About 4,564 HIV Patients Were Ever Enrolled On A Treatment Programme, And 2,791 Patients Are Currently Accessing Treatment. A Total Of 240 Clients Were Recruited For The Study, And A Pre-Tested Interviewer-Administered Semi-Structured Questionnaire Was Used For Data Collection. Data Were Entered Into Stata/MP 15.0 And Then Exported Into SPSS Version 23.0 For Statistical Analysis Of The 240 Respondents Interviewed, The Main Institutional Factor Affecting Retentions Were Long Waiting Time (61.7%), High Patient Load (46.9%), Inadequate Space For Clinics (48.3%), Poor Quality Of Services (40.8%), Difficulty In Accessing Health Facility (32.9%) And Inadequate Health Workers/Staff (31.3%). A Review Of Socio-Demographic Characteristics Of Respondents And Institutional Related Factors Affecting Retention In Treatment Showed An Association Between Marital Status (P=0.000), Religion (P=0.006), Employment Status (P=0.009), And Institutional Related Factors Affecting Retention In Care. Retention Of HIV Patients In Treatment And Care Support Services Is A Major Determinant In Achieving Sustained Viral Suppression And Reduced Community HIV Transmission. Therefore, Strategies To Mitigate Institutional Barriers To Treatment Retention Should Be Promoted To Optimize Retention Of HIV Patients In Care.

scholarly journals Demographic and Socio-economic Factors Affecting on Health Facility Delivery in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Health Facility ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Facility Delivery ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Health Facility Delivery ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
New Era ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Government

In Nepal, health facility delivery has improved since the 1990s, but child health delivery facility is still low. In 2001 about 9 percent of the births was delivered at a health facility (MoH, New ERA, and ORC Macro, 2002) which increased to 35 percent in 2011 (MOHP, New ERA, and ICF International Inc, 2012) and further increased to 57 percent in 2016 (MoH, New ERA and ICF, various 2017). This is a rapid increase in health facility delivery since 1996 but still nearly one-half of delivery take place at home. Research in developing countries shows that demographic, social and economic factors influence the utilization of health facility for delivery of births. This paper examines the likelihood of health facility delivery in relation to women’s demographic, social and economic status in Nepal. The 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data set has been utilized by applying bivariate logistics regression analysis technique to examine the effects of these variables in health facility delivery in Nepal. The analysis findings show large variations and gaps on delivery care based on demographic, social and economic status of women. Against this finding, the study concludes that there is a need for the implementation of appropriate policy and program measures by the government and other agencies to address the existing variations and gaps in utilization of health facility for delivery of births among different sub-groups of women in Nepal. Further research studies focusing on the existing barriers in health facility delivery need to be conducted in Nepal especially among women who are disadvantaged and marginalized.

scholarly journals Demographic and socio-economic factors affecting birth preparation and complication readiness (BPCR) practices in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Complication Readiness ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Logistics Regression ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

BPCR practices by women in Nepal are still low. Still a relatively high percentage of women do not make BPCR to its fullest extent. Researches in developing countries show that various demographic, social and economic factors influence the BPCR practices by pregnant women. This paper examines the likelihood of BPCR practices based on women’s demographic, social and economic status in Nepal. NDHS 2011 data set has been utilized by applying bivariate logistics regression analysis technique to examine the effects of these variables on BPCR practices in Nepal. The analysis result shows high variations and gaps in BPCR practice based on demographic, social and economic status of women. Against this finding the study recommends implementation of appropriate policy and program measures by the government and other agencies to address the existing variations and gaps in BPCR practices among subgroups of women in Nepal. Further research studies focusing on the existing barriers on BPCR practice need to be conducted in Nepal especially among the women who are disadvantaged and marginalized.

Socio-economic factors and management practices followed in eastern Uttar Pradesh for rearing of Jaunpuri goat

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dharmendra Kumar ◽  
V. Singh ◽  
Alok Yadav ◽  
Amit Jha ◽  
Jitendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Eastern Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The present investigation was undertaken to study the management practices and socio-economic factors affecting the farming of Jaunpuri goat in two districts of its native tracts in eastern Uttar Pradesh. viz., Allahabad and Jaunpur. Ten villages from Jaunpur and fifteen villages from Allahabad district were randomly selected for the present investigation. The findings revealed that most of the goat farmers in Jaunpur and Allahabad district were of marginal type in their land holding capacity with 47.61 and 68.18% respectively and they earned more than Rs.5000 per annum from goatery. Besides the goatery, the other professions of goat rearers are 60% farming, 33.33% labor, 6.67% small business in Jaunpur and 58.82% labour, 41.18% farming in Allahabad district. The literacy of the head of the Jaunpuri goat rearing family was 66.67 and 68.18 % respectively in the Jaunpur and Allahabad district and most of farmers have 6-8 members per family. The farmers of both districts used to house their goats mostly during night time. The result indicated that 70.48 and 80.91% farmers from Jaunpur and Allahabad districts keep their animal in the house during night. However, 29.52 and 19.09% of the farmers used to keep their animals in the goat shed both day and night. The overall percentages of close and open type house were 27.91 and 72.09%, respectively in Jaunpur and Allahabad district. Most goat sheds were Kuccha type, because of the poor economic status of goat farmer in these districts. The Jaunpuri goat is dual type of goat which produces milk and meat both. Thus the present findings indicated that in both the districts the farmers reared this breed for dual purpose.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic and Economic Factors Affecting Regular Charity-giving: a Case of Low-income Households in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Laily Dwi Arsyianti ◽  
Salina Kassim ◽  
Abideen Adewale
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Household Size ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
The West ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Low Income Households

A Muslim is encouraged do charity for the blessings and rewards from Allah subhanahuwata’ala, not limited to low-income households. Some social finance institutions have been encouraging their zakat and infaq recipients, along with empowering programmes, to gradually give away a portion of their income as charity to the institutions; thus, it would be circulated among them. It is necessary to identify what factors influence them in regularly giving charity. Questionnaires were distributed to 1780 respondents from six areas in the west, middle, and east of Indonesia. By employing logistic regression, results show that determinants affecting regular charity giving of low-income households in Indonesia are employment status, household size, portion of charity per income, expectation of future economy, income, religious activity, and type of financing institution. Many Islamic economic researches have looked at compulsory charity, that is, zakat, and waqf topics, but none of them has covered voluntary monetary charity giving of low-income households in Indonesia. This research tries to fill the gap. Keywords: charity giving, low-income households, Indonesia, social finance

scholarly journals Faktor Ekonomi Memengaruhi Pernikahan Remaja Perempuan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Dian Fitriyani
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
World Health ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Adolescent Women ◽  
The City

World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with UNICEF which aims to improve the health of mothers and newborns in 25 countries that contributed the highest maternal mortality rate, one of them is in Indonesia. Adolescent who become pregnant will increase the health risks for her and baby. The maternal mortality reach approximately 70,000 deaths each year and maternal mortality is closely related to pregnancy and childbirth by adolescents aged 15 – 19 years in the worldwide. Objective of the research is to analyze the factors that influence adolescent girls’ marriage in Indramayu regency. This study uses qualitative method, the paradigm fenomenology. The subjects taken by purposive sampling technique. The informants is adolescent women who married about aged <20 years, her husband, and her family as much as 21 people. The results shows that family economic factors affecting marriage adolescent girls in the Indramayu regency that is caused economic status, the attitude of materialistic. Limitations of the study, there are several girls who live outside the city because they took the husband or for work outside the city, so it's likely there are many factors that have not been revealed. Economic factors affecting marriage adolescent girls in Indramayu regency, is causes by economic status and the attitude of materialistic.  It is necessary to consider the policy of the Marriage Law with the age of >20 years and the prohibition of marriages <20 years so that young girls avoid negative impacts, both physical and psychological.

scholarly journals Demographic and Socio-economic Factors Affecting Antenatal Care Services Utilization in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 71-87
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Services Utilization ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Government

In Nepal, Antenatal care (ANC) services seeking behavior has improved since the 1990s. More pregnant women are seeking the services now than ever. Still a relatively high percentage does not seek even a onetime ANC care and the percentage of women who seek 4 or more ANC care from a skilled service provider is still low. Research in developing countries shows that various demographic, social and economic factors influence the utilization of ANC services and the number of times the care is sought by pregnant women. This paper examines the likelihood of utilization of ANC services 4 or more times in relation to women’s demographic, social and economic status in Nepal. The 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) data set has been utilized by applying bivariate logistics regression analysis technique to examine the effects of these variables in 4 or more ANC use in Nepal. The analysis findings show large variations and gaps in the utilization of ANC care based on demographic, social and economic status of women. Against this finding, the study recommends implementation of appropriate policy and program measures by the government and other agencies to address the existing variations and gaps in ANC services utilization among different sub-groups of women in Nepal. Further research studies focusing on the existing barriers in ANC services utilization need to be conducted in Nepal especially among the women who are disadvantaged and marginalized.  The Journal of Development and Administrative Studies (JODAS)Vol. 24 (1-2), pp. 71-87

scholarly journals To what extent does socio-economic status still affect household access to water and sanitation services in South Africa?

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Rhodes ◽  
Tamlyn McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

It is publically acknowledged that South Africa has recently met its millennium development goal of halving water and sanitation services (WSS) backlogs. However, significant deficits remain, especially in the case of sanitation. These shortfalls are unevenly distributed across provinces and can be tracked by socio-economic status. This article seeks to examine and identify the socio-economic factors that may affect poor WSS provision in South Africa. Using the 2014 South African General Household Survey, socio-economic indicators and access to WSS were analysed. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis indicate that access to WSS is largely determined by province, race and geographical location. It appears that higher quality levels of sanitation are less accessible relative to piped water access. Identifying these socio-economic factors affecting WSS provides obvious policy direction and better-targeted water infrastructural development.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Socio-Economic Factors Impeding Production of Cashew in Ogaji, North Central Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-244
Author(s):  
Uсhе Okoуе ◽  
Success Esomchi Obi ◽  
Okeme Ukwumonu Patrick
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Transport Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The paper examined socio-economic factors affecting cashew production in Ogaji, Ankpa LGA, Northcentral Nigeria. Data was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire and interview administered to 143 registered farmers. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively using inferential statistics of mean score ranking, frequency tables and graph. Results showed that majority of the farmers were within the age of 26-35 and have been into farming since birth. Also there was moderate literacy level among the farmers as 50% of total respondents have formal education. Findings reveals that the socio-economic factor affecting production were; Access to and use of credit facilities, farmers-herders conflict, income level, transportation problem, lack of access to capital and poor extension services agent relations were the major socio-economic factors affecting cashew production in the study area. The study amongst others recommends that; the government should encourage private sectors such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to invest in credits facilities like small-scale bank to offer credit to farmers at affordable rate, proactive measures should be taken to quell the farmer-herders crisis as it poses threat to farming activities. Government should strive to develop roads; this will increase small holder’s economic opportunities by reducing transport cost and allowing farmers to get access to marketing information and small holder’s cashew profitability. Extension service agent should try to understand the rural dwellers and their educational level to help them have access to extension services in other to improve their knowledge of farm management.

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