Determinants of health-seeking behaviour in rural district of Jasikan, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ghana Health Service aims to ensure the health of all Ghanaians. Understanding the factors that influence people's health-seeking behaviour will help the Ghana Health Service evaluate and enact policies that will enable it to achieve set targets. This research aimed to determine the factors that influence the health-seeking behaviour of the residents of Jasikan District and ascertain the importance of the well-being clinic in this context.

Methods

The study design was a community-based cross-sectional study using a mixed method of data collection. A stratified sample of 295 respondents from the five [5] sub-districts of the target population was obtained. Cramer's V statistic was used to assess the effect size and significance of the association between catego

SUBMITTER: Ketor CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515204 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature