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dc.contributor.authorMusoke, David
dc.contributor.authorBoynton, Petra
dc.contributor.authorButler, Ceri
dc.contributor.authorMusoke, Miph Boses
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-25T05:49:52Z
dc.date.available2015-02-25T05:49:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationMusoke, D et al (2014). Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda. 14(4): 1046-1055.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v14i4.36
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/4335
dc.description.abstractBackground: The 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. Objectives: To assess the health seeking practices and challenges in utilising health facilities in a rural community in Wakiso district, Uganda. Methods: The 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. Results: While 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. Conclusions: There 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.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectHealth seeking behaviouren_US
dc.subjectRural communityen_US
dc.subjectHealth facilitiesen_US
dc.subjectChallengesen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleHealth seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US


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