Travel Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Egyptian Travelers, Part1; Risk Perception, Health Seeking Behavior and Subjective Evaluation of Travel Health Services in Egypt

Background: COVID-19 brought significant challenges to public health. It changed the view of global health and safety, trust in the healthcare system, and clients’ willingness to seek healthcare. To contain the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental effects, understanding peoples’ health behavior, especially healthcare-seeking, and determining the community risk perception is very important. Thus, this study aimed to determine the health-seeking behavior, community’s risk perception to COVID-19 pandemics, and factors influencing the community risk perception in Harari regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 5 to 30 February 2021. A total of 1320 adult (>18 years) participants were selected using systematic random sampling. The data were collected using an online kobo collect toolbox and analyzed using descriptive statistical tests. Chi-square test and multiple binary logistic regression were applied to examine the difference between variables. A p-value < 0.05 was considered to be of statistical significance. Results: The study included 1296 respondents >18 years old. The overall prevalence of willingness to seek healthcare in the study area was 35.6% (95% CI: 33%–38.3.0%). The mean cumulative score of risk perception was 30.5 (SD ± 7.25) with the minimum and maximum score of 13 and 63, respectively. A total of 656 (50.6%) of the participants had low-risk perceptions concerning COVID-19. The study found a statistically significant association between risk perception and sociodemographic characteristics (age, educational status, and income), and knowledge of the respondents. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of willingness to seek healthcare was 35.6%. Healthcare intervention aimed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic should consider the factors associated with the study area. Similarly, the study found a low-risk perception among the community that needs critical action to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect the community as a whole. Thus, it is necessary to improve community risk perception through health education.

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People's concepts on diarrhea and dehydration in Nicaragua: the difficulty of the intercultural dialogue

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil ◽

10.1590/s1519-38292002000300003 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 223-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

María Luisa Vázquez ◽

Mario Mosquera ◽

Axel Kroeger

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Personnel ◽

Population Based ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Alternative Analysis ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Oral Rehydration ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

Medical Concepts

OBJECTIVES: to analyse people's concepts and health seeking behavior relating to diarrhea and dehydration and its implications to improve health services practice. METHODS: individual and group interviews were conducted in two municipalities in the North of Nicaragua, with mothers, other community members, traditional healers and basic health personnel. A household interview survey in a random sample of 1.924 families with under-fives was carried out in three departments. RESULTS: people can easily identify diarrhea, as a disease in itself or as a symptom of several folk diseases. The popular construction of the causes of diarrhea is complex, with a mixture of folk concepts and modern medical concepts which influence preventive and health seeking behavior. Health personnel often believe in these popular concepts. Dehydration is a new term and concept introduced by the health education campaigns and often mistaken for the term malnutrition. Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is seen as an ineffective drug against diarrhea. The inadequate use of pharmaceuticals is widespread and in most cases they have been prescribed by doctors. CONCLUSIONS: these results show the co-existence of popular and medical concepts, the latter with different interpretations. There is a need for a change in the communication between health services and population, based on an alternative analysis of people's knowledge and behavior.

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Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health Education & Behavior ◽

10.1177/10901981211010438 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 109019812110104

Author(s):

Fuyu Guo ◽

Huayi Xiong ◽

Xinran Qi ◽

Rie Takesue ◽

Siyu Zou, BM ◽

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Keyword(s):

Maternal Health ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽

Maternal Health Services ◽

Service Users ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

Republic Of The Congo

Maternal health-seeking behavior (MHSB) is crucial for maternal health. However, little is known about MHSB in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This study aims to evaluate the situation and socioeconomic associates of MHSB in the DRC. Based on the responses of 8,360 participants in a nationally representative survey, we adopted a K-modes cluster analysis algorithm to categorize women into three groups (i.e., infrequent service-users, partial service-users, and full service-users) according to their recent MHSB. Multinomial logistic regression was applied to identify the associated predictors of MHSB. The results show that most women (90.29%) did not receive integral maternal health services, including antenatal care, institutional delivery, and postnatal care. Compared with their counterparts, women who received higher maternal educational attainment, had good HIV-related knowledge, lived in urban regions, and lived in wealthier households were more likely to be partial service-users or full service-users. Women exposed to mass media at least once a week were more likely to be full service-users rather than infrequent service-users. The majority of participants who lived in Kasai and near provinces were infrequent service-users, indicating poor MHSB status in the region. Interventions to promote maternal health knowledge and awareness are highly recommended to improve MHSB in the DRC.

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Factors that Correlate with The Health Services Seeking on Breast Cancer Patients

Jurnal Keperawatan Padjadjaran ◽

10.24198/jkp.v7i1.841 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dini Fathania ◽

Laili Rahayuwati ◽

Desy Indra Yani

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Health Service ◽

Health Services ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Health Belief ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Early Detection Of Disease ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Seeking Behavior

Most cases of breast cancer are found to be in an advanced stage. This is because of the patient delay in coming to health service after the emergence of early symptoms of breast cancer. It is necessary to identify factors that allegedly prevent patients from seeking health services as early as possible. The purpose of this study was to analyze factors related to the search for health services. This research used cross-sectional method. The population of this study was breast cancer patients where the sampling technique using consecutive sampling with the number of samples researched as many as 100 people. Data were obtained through a reliable questionnaire to use (Alpha Cronbach’s questionnaire = 0.92, Alpha Cronbach’s health questionnaire = 0.85). Analysis of this research data using univariate (frequency distribution), bivariate (Chi-Square) and multivariate (logistic regression).The result of bivariate analysis showed that the variables related to health seeking behavior are education (ρ value = 0.02; r = 0.3) and health belief (ρ value = 0.01; r = 0.24). While the variables that most related to health service seeking behavior was health belief (ρ value = 0.02) and OR value 3.46. This could be caused by patient’s health belief in which the patient assumes that the symptoms were not dangerous and the choice of alternative medicine as the first choice and the patient’s fear of treatment due to lack of information that obtained by the patient. It can be concluded that health beliefs are the most correlated factor with health-seeking behavior so it is necessary to consider the prevention efforts of breast cancer especially related to health belief. Community beliefs about routine health checks should be key interventions such as counseling and discussions with the community regarding the importance of routine health screening as part of early detection of disease.

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Antenatal and Post-natal Check-up Practices Among Chepang and Non-Chepang Communities of Nepal

Journal of Advanced Academic Research ◽

10.3126/jaar.v1i2.16590 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 64-73

Author(s):

Mayanath Ghimire ◽

Ram Krishna Maharjan

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Health Services ◽

Sample Size ◽

Total Sample ◽

Health Check ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Total Sample Size ◽

Seeking Behavior

Health check-up during pregnancy and after pregnancy is a must because of the critical health status of the mother and baby. The study identifies the health seeking behavior of mothers of Chepang and Non-Chepang communities of Makawanpur and Chitwan district of Nepal regarding the ANC and PNC check-up. The study was cross sectional descriptive design. Total sample size was 1250 (511 Non-Chepang and 739 Chepang). The result found that Non-Chepang community was found more aware and better practice of health check-up than Chepang communities in both districts. Nepal Government should focus on Chepang or similar types of marginalized and backward communities to increase their access on health services as well as concerned authorities should be responsible to address their problem which become as barrier to change their health seeking behavior.

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Education and Maternal Health in Pakistan: The Pathways of Influence

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2015.v20.i2.a1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 1-34

Author(s):

Shandana Dar ◽

Uzma Afzal

Keyword(s):

Maternal Health ◽

Instrumental Variable ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Healthcare Use ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Maternal Healthcare ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

Linear Probability

Although numerous studies have explored the relationship between education and women’s health-seeking behavior, the role of education – and the pathway through which it affects health-seeking behavior – remains unclear. We use data from the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey for 2006/07 on women aged 15–49 who had given birth at least once in the last three years to determine which socioeconomic factors affect maternal healthcare use, and how the effect of women’s own education is transmitted to their health-seeking behavior. We implement two estimation techniques: (i) a two-step instrumental variable linear probability model, in which women’s exposure to mass media is used as an instrumental variable for their health knowledge; and (ii) a community fixed effects model. The results of the analysis indicate that predisposing factors – such as women’s level of education, their children’s birth order, their spouse’s level of education, type of occupation, and empowerment – are important determinants of maternal health-seeking behavior in Pakistan. The results also confirm the important role played by women’s own health knowledge, independent of their education, on their maternal healthcare use.

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Factors Contributing Toward Men’s Engagement With HIV Services: A Narrative Review

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v11n10p150 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 150 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tafadzwa Dzinamarira ◽

Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Health Services ◽

Hiv Treatment ◽

Poor Health ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Middle Income ◽

Health Seeking Behavior ◽

Prevention Interventions ◽

Seeking Behavior

Within low- and middle-income countries, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) falls among the main causes of adult morbidity and mortality. In order to achieve epidemic control, targeted testing with the aim of identifying those unaware of their infection with HIV remains the first step in a series of efforts that include constant extension of HIV treatment programs, as well as other prevention interventions. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a new intervention that is capable of increasing the uptake of HIV-testing services (HTS) within traditionally hard-to-reach populations, such as men. We sought to review the literature on factors contributing to male aversion of HTS, health education for men and their engagement in health services, and the rate of HIVST acceptability among men. We reveal poor health-seeking behavior as the underlying factor contributing to poor uptake of HTS by men. Furthermore, our review reveals that health education programs have been recommended to address poor health-seeking behavior and improve HTS uptake among men. Studies reported high acceptability of HIVST among men. We conclude by proposing a framework to help improve men’s engagement in health services in general.

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