Self-reported non-communicable chronic diseases and health-seeking behaviour in rural Jamaica, following a health promotion intervention: a preliminary report

2004 ◽  
Vol 1267 ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria D Jackson ◽  
Michael P Coombs ◽  
Beverley E Wright ◽  
Alice A Carney ◽  
Eva Lewis-Fuller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Health Seeking

scholarly journals Facilitators and Barriers to Health-Seeking Behaviours among Filipino Migrants: Inductive Analysis to Inform Health Promotion

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Maneze ◽  
M. DiGiacomo ◽  
Y. Salamonson ◽  
J. Descallar ◽  
P. M. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
Filipino Migrants ◽  
Barriers To Health

Understanding factors that influence health-seeking behaviour of migrants is necessary to intervene for behaviour change. This paper explores Filipino migrants’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to maintaining health in Australia. Open-ended survey item responses reflecting factors that assisted and hindered health following migration to Australia were inductively analysed. Three hundred and thirty-seven of the 552 survey respondents (61%) provided open-ended responses. Responses were grouped into two major categories: individual factors, including personal resources and cultural influences, and environmental factors encompassing both the physical conditions in the host country and health service access. Awareness of practices that enhance health was a major personal facilitator of health-seeking behaviour; however, competing priorities of daily living were perceived as barriers. Cultural beliefs and practices influenced health-seeking behaviour. Despite high self-rated English language skills in this population, new migrants and the elderly cited communication difficulties as barriers to accessing health services. Insight into facilitators and barriers to health-seeking behaviour in this less researched migrant population revealed tools for enhancing engagement in health promotion programs addressing healthy lifestyle.

Pattern of morbidities of under-5 year children and health seeking behaviour of their mother in rural community of Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Md. Abu Jafar Sujan ◽  
Muhammad Tareque Hasan ◽  
Bikash Chandra Sah ◽  
Md. Al Amin Khan ◽  
Ishraque Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking

scholarly journals Assessment of health seeking behaviour and self-medication among general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 991-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar T. Dawood ◽  
Mohamed A. Hassali ◽  
Fahad Saleem ◽  
Inas R. Ibrahim ◽  
Aseel H. Abdulameer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Self Medication

scholarly journals Parental investment in child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-national study of health-seeking behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 150460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Uggla ◽  
Ruth Mace
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Parental Investment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Investment Theory ◽  
Parental Investment Theory ◽  
Sub Saharan

Parents face trade-offs between investing in child health and other fitness enhancing activities. In humans, parental investment theory has mostly been examined through the analysis of differential child outcomes, with less emphasis on the actions parents take to further a particular offspring’s condition. Here, we make use of household data on health-seeking for children in a high mortality context where such behaviours are crucial for offspring survival. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 17 sub-Saharan African countries, we examine whether maternal factors (age, health, marital status) and child factors (birth order, health, sex, age) independently influence parental investment in health-seeking behaviours: two preventative behaviours (malaria net use and immunization) and two curative ones (treating fever and diarrhoea). Results indicate that children with lower birth order, older mothers and mothers with better health status have higher odds of investment. The effects of a child’s sex and health status and whether the mother is polygynously married vary depending on the type of health-seeking behaviour (preventative versus curative). We discuss how these results square with predictions from parental investment theory pertaining to the state of mothers and children, and reflect on some potential mechanisms and directions for future research.

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