Factors Affecting Mothers' Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Illnesses in a Rural Nigerian Setting

Autor/inn/en	Abdulraheem, I. S.; Parakoyi, D. B.
Titel	Factors Affecting Mothers' Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Childhood Illnesses in a Rural Nigerian Setting
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 179 (2009) 5, S.671-683 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Child Health; Health Facilities; Foreign Countries; Access to Health Care; Parent Role; Health Promotion; Health Services; Help Seeking; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Predictor Variables; Rural Areas; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic Influences; Age Differences; Employment Level; Family Structure; Employed Parents; Fathers; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Gesundheitszentrum; Ausland; Parental role; Elternrolle; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Prädiktor; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Fragebogen; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Beschäftigungsgrad; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	Appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviour could prevent a significant number of child deaths and complications due to ill health. Improving mothers' care-seeking behaviour could also contribute in reducing a large number of child morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This article aims to determine factors affecting healthcare-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses. Cluster sampling technique was used with a number of clusters proportional to population size. Mothers used self-care with home remedies in 53.2-69.6% of reported episodes of illnesses. The use of health facility for childhood illnesses was consistently low (5.7-9.9%). Appropriate care was sought by only 25.3% mothers. Mothers' income, education, child gender, number of symptoms and illness severity were the predictors of care-seeking behaviour. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10