Barriers and facilitators for treatment-seeking among women with genital fistula: a facility-based qualitative study in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women living with genital fistula often endure prolonged suffering and face multiple barriers to accessing treatment. Bangladesh's government has enhanced referral mechanisms, enabling case detection in communities and facilitating surgical interventions at medical college hospitals through nationwide initiatives. However, research on barriers and facilitators for fistula treatment in Bangladesh remains limited. Detailed insights into treatment-seeking paths with time sequences are scarce. This study aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to completing fistula treatment with the description of treatment-seeking paths. This study is important to assist with future policy and program strategies for fistula treatment.

Methods

A facility-based qualitative study wa

SUBMITTER: Kon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869737 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature