Understanding the factors that influence health seeking behaviors among various populations may therefore, be an important first step in designing intervention programs that nudge health consumers toward better health seeking behaviors with the goal to improving health and health outcomes among these populations. Researcharticle factors influencing compliance and health seeking behaviour for hypertension in mukono and buikwe in uganda. This qualitative study aimed to investigate the health seeking behaviour of rural women in northern tajikistan, with specific focus on antenatal and obstetric complications as a result of delayed access to health services. These determinants can be classified as either internal factors, e. Knowledge and health seeking behaviour of breast cancer. The health seeking behaviour of a community determines how health services are used and in turn the health outcomes of populations 1. Factors influencing health behaviour, blood pressure control, and disability in hypertensive ischaemic stroke patients after a comprehensive reminder intervention.
It is clear that every individual desires a healthy living and society. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation. Factors influencing healthseeking behavior of health workers. Objectives to describe health seeking practices in households for treatment of. This chapter focuses on determinants of health behaviours. Health status and socioeconomic factors associated with. Boyd1 stressed that information seeking is a fluid and critically. The levels shown here move from more general, largescale social conditions like poverty, discrimination, inequality. This study invites further research on demandside factors affecting health seeking behavior. Conner health behaviors userpage factors influencing how and why individuals engage in such behaviors. While targeting individual behaviour might seem to be common sense, it is important to recognise that distinct patterns of behaviour can be found among. Akhuzaheya rn, msn, cns, phd c university at buffalo, the state university of new york logo logo background.
This study aimed to interview people who support indigenous groups to gain an understanding of their views on the factors influencing health behaviour. The term health behaviouror healthrelated behaviour is used very broadly in this chapter to mean any behaviour that may affect an individuals physical health or any behaviour that an individual believes may affect their physical health. This study therefore, set out to assess the factors influencing health seeking practices of health workers, with a view to provide the basis for possible intervention or policy formulations by hospital management to ensure that health workers possess the right attitude and practice toward seeking for health care. The most significant challenges in utilising health services were regular stockout of. Breast cancer is a major contributor to cancerrelated deaths among women worldwide, despite the numerous measures employed to prevent and manage the disease. Health seeking behaviour, and the factors influencing this behaviour, were examined in two traditional communities. Mazonde, 1999, perhaps reflects that many health seeking behaviour studies are presented in a manner which delivers no effective route forward. Although this would indicate that reducing health risk behaviour may have. Indeed, the utilisation of a health care system may depend on educational levels, economic factors, cultural beliefs and practices. Akinyemi, booktitleannals of ibadan postgraduate medicine, year2018. We held indepth interviews with 53 mothers, fathers and caregivers from two rural clinics at the kenyan coast.
Factors influencing health care seeking behaviours among mayan women in guatemala. Factors influencing psychological help seeking in adults. Internal and external factors that encourage or discourage health relevant behaviors introduction there are a number of factors that determine the likelihood of engaging in a particular behavior. Completing the scale simply requires, for each item, an indication of whether any of the listed factors required special clinical evaluation, therapeutic treatment, diagnostic procedures or.
Factors influencing health informationseeking behavior of. Due to the unprecedented level of labour migration among men in the border region of tajikistan, isfara, the study specifically focused on migrants wives residing with. Factors that influenced the attitudes of household decisionmakers to allow or facilitate receiving care. Factors influencing healthseeking behaviour among civil. Healthseeking behaviours hsb are closely linked with the health status of a nation and thus its economic development. A cross sectional study was conducted in july 2008 among 202 health care providers in tanga region. Factors influencing health status fihs rating guidelines the clinician is required to rate the items retrospectively, at the end of the episode or at 91 day.
Severe childhood illnesses present a major public health challenge for africa, which is aggravated by a suboptimal response to the childs health problems with reference to the healthseeking behaviour of the parents or guardians. Discipline did not seem to demands of faculty members, the curriculum, and personal char affect informationseeking behavior acteristics. Health care seeking behaviour a theoretical perspective. Connell 1995 introduced the concept of hegemonic masculinity in 1995, which refers to dominant ideals about what it. The current study aims to provide insight into the factors that influence the professional psychological help seeking attitudes of singapore secondary school students. In examination of the factors, financial resources and cultural beliefs were found to exert a lotnfluence on peoples health seeking behaviour. Methods in a qualitative study, known hypertensive patients were interviewed to explore factors influencing compliance and health seeking behaviour hsb. Discuss the factors affecting the health seeking behaviour. Factors associated with helpseeking behaviour among. Health policy for children and adolescents issue 1.
Which factors influence the information seeking behaviour of graduate students in the university of thessaloniki. A descriptive crosssectional study was conducted at komfo anokye teaching. Factors influencing health status fihs rating guidelines. Sociocultural determinants of healthseeking behaviour on. Sociodemographic and need factors appeared to influence help seeking behaviour. Research into childrens health and health behaviour and the factors that in. Some useful considerations about how a populations health is. Hypertension control rates are low worldwide, and delay in seeking care is associated with increased mortality. A rapid assessment of health seeking behavior in relation to. Factors influencing health information seeking behavior of jordanian patients with cancer laila m. Materials and methods a crosssectional study was conducted among. Nigerian rural areas are the most neglected and its people, the most deprived with regard to the provision of modern health care services. Department of disease control and environmental health, school of public health, makerere university. Many factors like sex, age, type of illness, access to services and perceived quality of the services, influences the health seeking behavior.
Factors examined include information, peers, liquidity constraints, and nonrational preferences, such as present bias. Promoting public health in the 21st century is a multidisciplinary endeavour ranging from the surveillance of health and disease in populations, through to the provision of health advice and information. An examination of factors influencing the helpseeking. Whether people are healthy or not, is determined by their circumstances and environment. To identify key predictors and moderators of mental health help.
Factors that influence young peoples mental health help. Majority of the nigerian population lives in rural area, where agriculture is the mainstay. Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in wakiso district, uganda david musoke1, petra boynton2, ceri butler2, miph boses musoke3 1. Factors affecting patients online health information. This results in an unfortunate loss for medical practice and health systems development programmes, as proper understanding of health seeking behaviour could reduce delay to diagnosis.
Health seeking behavior among medical students in the. Topkaya factors influencing psychological help seeking in adults. To a large extent, factors such as where we live, the state of our environment, genetics, our income and education level, and. There have been two broad frameworks for looking at health seeking behaviour. Health impairing behaviors have harmful effects on health or. Although this would indicate that reducing health risk behaviour may have positive effects on health outcomes, the factors that influence indigenous health behaviour are still poorly understood. Healthseeking behaviour and student perception of health. Apply module principles to practice through case studies. Vicki simpson phd, rn, ches, purdue school of nursing. I then discuss the implications for policy, including the scope for mandates, subsidies, and incentives. Perceptions on factors influencing oral health seeking by randfontein residents 1 perceptions on the factors influencing oral health care seeking behaviour of communities in randfontein, gauteng, south africa mlungisi patrick makubalo student number.
Individual behaviors and habits that influence health c. Many factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities. Factors influencing the health behaviour of indigenous. In a qualitative study, known hypertensive patients were interviewed to explore factors influencing compliance and health seeking behaviour hsb. The sociopsychological variables of anticipated utility, selfdisclosure, stigma, social support and social norm, together with other variables such as nature of problem, previous. Instituto promundo brazil department of child and adolescent health. After accounting for need differentials, health care seeking differed modestly by urban and rural residence, was somewhat skewed towards women, and increased substantially with. This is altruism because the cultural practice which is a way of life determines the health condition, strength and activities of the people in any.
African cultural practices and health implications for. Perceptions on the factors influencing oral health care. In addition, health insurance schemes should be extended to cover more of the population in order to improve health seeking behaviour. Department of disease control and environmental health, school of public health, makerere univ. Determinants of health care seeking behavior among rural. Unlimited viewing of the articlechapter pdf and any associated supplements and figures. Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health.
Access to healthcare facilities in terms of cost of treatment and healthcare provider attitude are also determinants of health seeking behaviour. Andrews, issakidis, and carter 2001 have put forward that, on an average, less than onethird of the people who will benefit from psychological services actually receive psychological help. Health seeking behaviours hsb are closely linked with the health status of a nation and thus its economic development. In describing health behaviors it is common to distinguish health enhancing from health impairing behaviors. Pdf factors influencing compliance and health seeking. However, lower cadre workers and those with lower levels of education need to be targeted during policy formulation to improve healthseeking behaviour.
Mens health seeking behaviour the influence of masculinities man as a risk factor courtenay 2000a proposed being male and the practice of masculinity as possible risk factors for poor health. Factors influencing health behaviour, blood pressure. The learned behaviour of negotiation with key decisionmakers andor opinion leaders was an effective tool for convincing such individuals of the value in accessing facilitybased care. Social factors affecting health healthy kansans 2020. Health care seeking behaviour is a particular aspect of help seeking behaviour. Human health behavior human behaviour, especially health behaviour, is complex and not always readily understandable health behaviour, like other behaviour, is motivated by stimuli in an individuals environment the response to such stimuli may or may not be directly related to health 4. General objective the general objective of this study was to assess the factors determining the health seeking behaviors for malaria management in children under five years in rwimi town council kabarole district.
Research suggests that indigenous people participate in health risk behaviour more often than their nonindigenous counterparts, and that such behaviour has a substantial impact on health outcomes. Factors that determine health behaviour may be physical, socioeconomic, cultural or political 2. Discuss the factors affecting the health seeking behaviour of students 2. Pdf factors influencing health informationseeking behavior. Factors influencing health care seeking behaviours among mayan women in guatemala midwifery. The influence of sociocultural and economic factors on.
Fy 20022003 annual report chapter 3 factors influencing health in general, the determinants that appear higher up in figure 31 contribute to or influence the occurrence of factors lower down on the diagram. Although existing studies provide insight into the characteristics associated with help seeking for major depression, cohort studies and research on beliefs about, barriers to and perceived need for treatment are lacking. For a more complete explanation of particular health behaviours, it is necessary to. In order to gain better understanding of the factors influencing effective online information seeking behaviours, we conducted a study to explore the influence of patient participation in their healthcare on patients online health information seeking behaviours.
Adolescents, social support and helpseeking behaviour. The purpose of the study was to determine factors influencing health information seeking behavior and utilization of ict resources among health care providers to provide high quality health services. Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising. In other words, not everyone is free to make decisions and choices, since individual choice and control can be constrained both by other people and by the factors that influence health. Enrol and complete the course for a free statement of participation or digital badge if available. The extent to which selfmedication permeates the society, as well as the modes of selfmedication that individuals use is an important step toward understanding what keeps individuals away from orthodox health. Disparities between the health of indigenous and nonindigenous populations continue to be prevalent within australia. The health care needs were the factors most strongly associated with health care seeking. The health seeking behaviour of the luo in rarieda division results from a number of factors. The objective of this study is to explore the factors which influence the health seeking behaviour and utilization of healthcare services of the community in context of geographical, sociodemographic, cultural, economic and educational background.
Adoption, prevention, market failures, subsidy, incentive. Factors influencing health careseeking behaviours among. Hypertension is a global public health challenge and a leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is important to identify the health seeking behavior among medical students to be able to amend and interfere accordingly. Recognizing the impact alexis armenakis, msiv university of california san francisco and child family health international san francisco, ca 2007 christie kiefer, phd university of california, san francisco prepared as part of an education project of the. Instituto promundo brazil department of child and adolescent health and development. Understanding of health seeking behaviour hsb is essential to provide need based health care services to the population.
This study explored the knowledge and health seeking behaviour of breast cancer patients at the komfo anokye teaching hospital. Theories of health behaviour acknowledge that health behaviours may be influenced by numerous biological, psychological, and social factors, but they specify only a limited subset of cognitive determinants that are assumed to be most proximal to the behaviour. Significicanceance cancer is the second leading cause of death in jordan. Fy 20022003 annual report chapter 3 factors influencing health figure 32 expresses the idea that there are complex relationships among different levels of factors on the pathway from health to disease. Social factors affecting health sf social factors affecting health hp 2020 goals. Pdf factors that influence information seeking behaviour. This article seeks to address the following research question. The extent to which selfmedication permeates the society, as well as the modes of selfmedication that individuals use is an important step toward understanding what keeps individuals away from orthodox health providers. Factors that influence informationseeking behavior may include the discipline, the thessaloniki. The participants health seeking behaviour the last time they were sick was associated with age p.
View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Factors influencing compliance and health seeking behaviour. Indeed, the utilisation of a health care system may depend on educational levels, economic factors, cultural. Social and psychological influences on emerging adult. Developing health promotion programs that support healthy lifestyle behaviors requires comprehensive planning.
Health and human sciences hhs792w models and theories to support. Design adaptation of qualitative anthropological methods involving observations, key informant interviews and focus group discussions fgds. Demandside factors affecting health seeking behavior in. In a qualitative study, known hypertensive patients were interviewed to explore factors influencing compliance and health. Discuss the factors affecting the health seeking behaviour of. People differ in their willingness to seek help from health care services.
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