Health seeking behaviour and its determinants among rural population- a cross sectional study in South India

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Hemanten_US
dc.contributor.authorSachidananda, Kapinakaduen_US
dc.contributor.authorManjula, Anilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:58:16Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:58:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: Remedial action that a person takes to treat his or her perceived illnesses, is called health-seeking behaviour. Understanding health seeking behaviour (HSB) in a community and the factors which influence their decision, are crucial for planning a “need based” comprehensive health care programmes for the people, especially for underprovided and rural population. The objective of present study was to determine HSB and its determinants in a defined rural population.Methods: A community based cross -sectional study was conducted in rural field practice area of A. J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore (Karnataka) from 1st October 2017 to 31st July 2018. A total of 866 heads of households were included in the study, using universal sampling method. A pre-tested, validated questionnaire was used to collect the data. p values of <0.05 were considered significant.Results: Among 866 participants, almost all (98.03%) heads of families were males, while majority of them (35.68 %) were farmers. Further, majority (48.15%) of the households preferred to visit government hospitals for their ailments, while among those visiting private practitioners, majority of them (55.54%) preferred Allopath system of medicine. Health insurance subscription rates were found to be low (18.93%). Main determinants of HSB were observed to be cost of treatment, convenience of approach, quality of services and life threatening emergencies.Conclusions:Present study brings out higher utilization of government health care facilities among the study subjects, while cost of treatment and life threatening emergencies were the main predictors of HSB.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, A. J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Hemant, Sachidananda Kapinakadu, Manjula Anil. Health seeking behaviour and its determinants among rural population- a cross sectional study in South India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Nov; 6(11): 4944-4949en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201866
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber11en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195085en_US
dc.subjectHealth seeking behaviouren_US
dc.subjectDeterminantsen_US
dc.subjectHealth insuranceen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.titleHealth seeking behaviour and its determinants among rural population- a cross sectional study in South Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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