Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1046-1055

  Musoke, David ^a   Boynton, Petra ^b   Butler, Ceri ^b   Musoke, Miph Boses ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nkumba University   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Challenges; Health facilities; Health seeking behaviour; Rural community; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921633816     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.36     Document Type: Article

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