ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
Household healthcare seeking patterns for emergent ill-health in Migori, Western Kenya.
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Background: Healthcare-seeking decisions reflect personal assessments of illness etiology and severity to determine whether, how, and where to seek care. Understanding these contexts enables targeted interventions to address barriers and ensure timely access to quality services. We examined patterns of household healthcare seeking for emergent ill-health in Western Kenya. Methods: As part of a multi-site mixed-methods study evaluating a patient-centered, digitally-facilitated self-testing intervention, we analyzed 16 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions ( Results: We found that a complex interplay of psychosocial, enabling, and need factors determined if, when, and where households sought care for ill members. Psychosocial influences included prevailing community norms that favored home remedies and self-medication prior to formal care as in the quote below: ' Conclusion: Household healthcare-seeking decisions were shaped by a dynamic interplay of psychosocial, enabling, and need factors. Addressing these multifaceted barriers through targeted, context-specific interventions, such as enhancing health infrastructure and integrating different providers, is crucial to ensuring timely access to quality healthcare.
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