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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Health Seeking Behaviour"”.
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Maternal Health-Seeking Behaviour: A Qualitative Research Project
Aim: This study explored the health-seeking behaviours contained in the stories of 14 first-time mothers during the first twelve months of their infant’s life when they were concerned for their child’s health. The aim of this study was to understand how first-time mothers learn to seek help or …
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Cultural Beliefs and Practices Influencing the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women During Pregnancy in Ota, Southwest Nigeria
Maternal mortality is a global health challenge affecting women within the reproductive age group. The main causes of maternal death in low and middle- income countries are infections, obstructed labour, eclampsia, haemorrhage, and unsafe abortion. Sociological, economic, and demographic factors …
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Exploring the use of a maternity telephone helpline and the health seeking behaviour of callers’: a case study
… as a consequence avoids the use of additional health resources or if helplines are viewed positively by healthcare providers. Aims and objectives This study aimed to explore the use and impact of a maternity telephone helpline service established in one large London maternity unit from the …
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An exploration of the cultural context and consequences of perceptions of illness and health-seeking behaviour of the Baloch
Human beliefs about health and illness structure the explanations for health and illness in a society and these explanations rationalise preventive or therapeutic strategies. The purpose of this research was to discover, identify and understand the perceptions of health, illness and health seeking …
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Health and religion : a study of health-seeking behaviour in Kayamandi, Western Cape in the context of "medical pluralism"
… concept of medical pluralism by looking at the health-seeking strategies of a selected group of residents in Stellenbosch's Kayamandi township. The study addresses the following three primary research questions: What are the health-seeking strategies of the target group? What factors …
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Intervention strategies to promote health-seeking behaviour among men in rural villages of selected Districts in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
… In many societies, few men utilise the available health care service and those who seek care are likely to discontinue care before completing treatment. Men’s utilisation of health services remains low and tests for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have even lower number, compared to women. They …
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Beliefs and Perceptions in the construction of HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour among Black sub-Sahara African (BSSA) communities in Birmingham, UK.
… on the factors influencing HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour among BSSA communities, particularly from the perspective of the communities themselves. This research study explored beliefs and perceptions in the construction of HIV stigma and sexual health seeking behaviour among Black …
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Social capital and household health-seeking behaviour for children in the context of urban neighbourhoods: The case of Khayelitsha in Western Cape, South Africa
… exist both between and within regions. Prompt seeking of appropriate healthcare by caregivers is critical for effective management of childhood illnesses and ultimately for mortality reduction. Studies have shown that households can draw on social capital, including trust and social networks, …
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Men, masculinities and HIV care work: A small-scale, exploratory study of the role of community care workers in supporting HIV positive men's health-seeking behaviour
… shouldering the burden of care-related work. Health-seeking behaviours are also constructed as feminine and men have poorer health outcomes globally. Employing men as carers may not only improve the health of the men they assist but also be transformative with regard to gendered constructions …
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The exploration of health seeking behaviour of clients presenting with minor ailments attending community health centres in Khayelitsha (Michael Mapongwana, Site B) and Phillipi (Inzame Zabantu, Mzamomhle)
… CHCs with such clients poses a problem to the health professional as they do not have sufficient time to manage clients with more serious ailments and to educate those with minor health ailments. This problem of overcrowding of CHCs in Khayelitsha and Phillipi with clients presenting with minor …
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A multi-method study identifying the barriers and solutions to meeting the physical and psychological health needs of young people involved in or vulnerable to sexual exploitation
… past decade. However, physical and psychological health needs, risks, health seeking behaviour and use of health services by sexually exploited young people have been inadequately explored. Methodology/method Phase 1: descriptive, phenomenological, approach to encourage young people involved in or …
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An exploration of why women with breast cancer symptoms present late in seeking treatment at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana
… aimed at understanding what factors influence health seeking behaviour and the decision to seek help in women with breast cancer symptoms. METHOD: Women presenting for the first time with clinical stage III/IV breast cancer symptoms to KATH breast clinic were purposively selected for the study …
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Complications of ileostomy closure and their risk factors
… at presentation, genetic variability, access to health care facilities, financial security, varying levels of social security and differences in sociocultural health seeking behaviour patterns. It would therefore be interesting to evaluate whether the type of complications seen at a tertiary …
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An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual healing: a comparative study of two churches
… use of music in the delivery of healing and as health promotion. The methodology used is an ethnographic approach. Qualitative data was collected using participant and non-participant observation, and semi-structured interviews. This data is a result of the systematic ‘immersion’ of the …
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Behavioural economics: The missing ingredient that makes sexual health services responsive and acceptable to young South Africans
… in part, attributable to suboptimal levels of health-seeking behaviour. Behavioural economics provides insight into why conventional efforts to generate health-seeking behaviour have struggled to curb HIV infection in South African AYA and in designing more desirable, scalable interventions to …
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Impact of National Health Insurance on health seeking behavior in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana in 2003 with the aim of mobilizing additional funds for health care, promoting equal access to reasonable health care, pool health risks, prevent impoverishment, and improve the efficiency and quality of health care. The success of …
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Infertility in the public health care system in South Africa : patients' experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour
Infertility is a common reproductive health problem in Africa. The experiences of men and women who are unable to conceive, their constructs of infertility, their motives for parenthood, and their health-seeking behaviour are, however, inadequately documented in South Africa. In order to improve …
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Patterns and determinants of health care utilization : an assessment of high density urban areas in Harare, Zimbabwe
… independence in 1980, to have one of the best health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa regardless of a low economic growth pattern. The gains in health status that have been reaped in the 1980s and early 1990s have now been reversed due to the combination of the effects of structural …
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Factors affecting men's movement through the HIV cascade in the public health services in Cape Town: Perspectives and experiences of health care providers
… they are at an advantage when it comes to seeking and receiving care. Men's poor health seeking behaviour finds them seeking care late, testing at lower rates, defaulting from treatment and eventually having worse health outcomes. More men than women fail to enter and stay in the HIV …
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