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ArticleAfrican health sciences2014

Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda.

David Musoke, Petra Boynton, Ceri Butler, Miph Boses Musoke

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Article in African health sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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David MusokeDepartment of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Petra BoyntonUniversity College London Medical School, UK.
Ceri ButlerUniversity College London Medical School, UK.
Miph Boses MusokeSchool of Sciences, Nkumba University, Uganda.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe health seeking behaviour of a community determines how they use health services. Utilisation of health facilities can be influenced by the cost of services, distance to health facilities, cultural beliefs, level of education and health facility inadequacies such as stock-out of drugs.

objectivesTo assess the health seeking practices and challenges in utilising health facilities in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda.

methodsThe study was a cross sectional survey that used a structured questionnaire to collect quantitative data among 234 participants. The sample size was obtained using the formula by Leslie Kish.

resultsWhile 89% of the participants were aware that mobile clinics existed in their community, only 28% had received such services in the past month. The majority of participants (84%) did not know whether community health workers existed in their community. The participants' health seeking behaviour the last time they were sick was associated with age (p = 0.028) and occupation (p = 0.009). The most significant challenges in utilising health services were regular stock-out of drugs, high cost of services and long distance to health facilities.

conclusionsThere is potential to increase access to health care in rural areas by increasing the frequency of mobile clinic services and strengthening the community health worker strategy.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeRural PopulationAdolescentAdultAgedCommunity Health WorkersCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth FacilitiesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareRural Health ServicesChallengesHealth facilitiesHealth seeking behaviourRural communityUganda

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PMID25834516
PMCPMC4370086

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