Assessment of Health Care Seeking Behavior among House Hold Heads in Dale Woreda, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Authors

  • Samuel Dessu

Keywords:

appropriate health seeking behavior, inappropriate health-seeking behavior, keble, urban, rural

Abstract

Abstract- Introduction: Health seeking behavior refers to activities undertaken by persons related to diseases experience. The initiation and treatment need for sick women, children, adolescents, and the old household members are usually determined by household heads. While household heads who are sick will independently decide to seek health care. There is limited information on the level of health care seeking behavior and associated factors among household heads. Therefore, assessing factors associated with health care seeking behavior among household heads have significant role in filling the information gap to control inappropriate health care seeking practice and its outcomes. Objective: To assess health care seeking behavior

How to Cite

Samuel Dessu. (2018). Assessment of Health Care Seeking Behavior among House Hold Heads in Dale Woreda, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia. Global Journal of Medical Research, 18(F1), 19–29. Retrieved from https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/1479

Assessment of Health Care Seeking Behavior among House Hold Heads in Dale Woreda, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Published

2018-01-15