ArticleTropical medicine and health2021
Health care seeking behaviour for children with acute childhood illnesses and its relating factors in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 24 countries.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Understanding influences of care-seeking behaviours for diarrhoeal illnesses: a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
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- Morbidity and health seeking behavior among children and adolescents (0-19 years): a household survey assessment in Northwestern Tanzania.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Caregiver dynamics and factors affecting health-seeking behaviors for childhood diarrhea in Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Healthcare-seeking behaviour of fever cases in Magude district, southern Mozambique: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Care-seeking for diarrheal illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Care seeking for diarrheal illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators when seeking healthcare for septic children in Ghana: a single-centre qualitative study of patient caregivers and emergency department clinicians.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Maternal Decision-Making Power and Care-Seeking Behaviors for Acutely Ill Children: A Multilevel Analysis of 33 Sub-Saharan African Countries.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Assessment of pre-referral treatment for malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia by rural community health workers in Southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Machine learning algorithms to predict healthcare-seeking behaviors of mothers for acute respiratory infections and their determinants among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Healthcare-seeking behavior for diarrhea in under-five children and associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel robust Poisson regression model.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Healthcare-seeking behaviours among mother's having under-five children with severe wasting in Dodoma and Mbeya regions of Tanzania-A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Pneumonia knowledge and care seeking behavior for children under-five years in Jigawa, Northwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of Mothers' Care Seeking Behavior for Common Childhood Illnesses: Findings From the Afghanistan Health Survey 2015.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
- Healthcare-seeking behavior for children aged 0-59 months: Evidence from 2002-2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood illnesses and mortality rates have declined over the past years in sub-Saharan African countries; however, under-five mortality is still high in the region. This study investigated the magnitude and factors associated with health care seeking behaviour for children with childhood illnesses in 24 sub-Saharan African countries.
methodsWe used secondary data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) conducted between 2013 and 2018 across the 24 sub-Saharan African countries. Binary logistic regression models were applied to identify the factors associated with health care seeking behaviour for children with acute childhood illnesses. The results were presented using adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsOverall, 45% of children under-5 years with acute childhood illnesses utilized health care facilities. The factors associated with health care seeking behaviour for children with acute illnesses were sex of child, number of living children, education, work status, wealth index, exposure to media and distance to a health facility.
conclusionsOver half of mothers did not seek appropriate health care for under-five childhood illnesses. Effective health policy interventions are needed to enhance health care seeking behaviour of mothers for childhood illnesses in sub-Saharan African countries.
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