scholarly journals Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. e0217968
Author(s):  
ASM Shahabuddin ◽  
Therèse Delvaux ◽  
Christiana Nöstlinger ◽  
Malabika Sarker ◽  
Azucena Bardají ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Care Seeking Behaviour

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge and health care seeking behaviour for menstrual health among adolescent school girls in urban slums of Bengaluru: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 4881
Author(s):  
Mouna H. S. ◽  
Hamsa L. ◽  
Ranganath T. S. ◽  
Vishwanath N.
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Health ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviour ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Care Seeking Behaviour

Background: Adolescent girls are often less informed and less comfortable in accessing reproductive health care and information. Due to taboos and socio-cultural restrictions associated with menstruation and its issues, a culture of silence surrounds it. Every stage of women’s life influences next stage, thus present menstrual health will help the girls to have good reproductive, sexual and maternal health later. Good knowledge and better health care seeking behaviour will help in managing menstruation hygienically and with dignity. Hence the present study was undertaken with the objectives, to assess knowledge about menstruation and to determine health care seeking behaviour for menstrual health among adolescent girls in urban slums.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to assess knowledge about menstruation and determine health seeking behaviour for menstrual health among 150 adolescent school girls. Multi stage random sampling with probability proportionate to size sampling technique was used. A pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was self administered to assess socio-demographic factors, knowledge and health care seeking behaviour for menstrual health.Results: Among 150 adolescent girls, 102(68.0%) of them had good knowledge. Among girls who had excessive bleeding and irregular menses only half of them sought medical treatment (p<0.05) and though 59.5% had more than one symptoms in a cycle, only 37.3% sought treatment.Conclusions: Health care seeking behaviour for menstrual health among adolescent girls was marginally low, only 34(37.4%) sought treatment.

Prevalence and health care seeking behaviour for sexually transmitted infections among in-school adolescents in Ado-Ekiti, South-Western Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick T. Adegun ◽  
Eyitope O. Amu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Stomach Pain ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Care Seeking Behaviour

Abstract Background: In Nigeria, adolescents are highly vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which have the potential of jeopardising their future reproductive lives if poorly treated. Objective: To determine the prevalence and health care seeking behaviour for STIs among secondary school adolescents in Ado, South-Western Nigeria. Subjects: Male and female adolescents aged 10–19 years. Methods: The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. A pre-tested, self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from 560 adolescents selected from public and private secondary schools in Ado Local Government Area (LGA) of Ekiti State, using a multistage sampling technique. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Analyzed data were presented in the form of tables and charts. Results: Two hundred and fifty-one (47.1%) respondents had previous symptoms of STIs. The commonest symptoms among the males were penile discharge (30.5%), painful micturition (30.5%) and stomach pain with swollen testes (25.4%). The commonest symptoms among the females were genital itching (27.6%), genital sores (14.1%) and painful micturition (13.1%). Only 26.7% sought treatment from a health facility; 37.0% did nothing; 15.9% went to patent medicine stores, 10.0% used herbs; the rest did self-medication or prayed. Conclusion: The prevalence of STI symptoms among adolescents in Ado-Ekiti is high but their health care seeking behaviour is poor. Health education about the dangers of untreated STI and the importance of seeking treatment early, targeted at adolescents, should be intensified.

scholarly journals Maternal health care seeking by rural Tibetan women: characteristics of women delivering at a newly-constructed birth center in western China

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunchok Gyaltsen ◽  
Jessica D. Gipson ◽  
Lhusham Gyal ◽  
Tsering Kyi ◽  
Andrew L. Hicks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Western China ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Birth Center

scholarly journals Health care-seeking behaviour and out-of-pocket payments in Tbilisi, Georgia

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Gotsadze ◽  
Sara Bennett ◽  
Kent Ranson ◽  
David Gzirishvili
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Seeking ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Health Care Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Out Of Pocket Payments ◽  
Care Seeking Behaviour
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