Barriers to the uptake of community-based curative child health services in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uptake of services to treat newborns and children has been persistently low in Ethiopia, despite being provided free-of-charge by Health Extension Workers (HEWs). In order to increase the uptake of these services, the Optimizing the Health Extension Project was designed to be implemented in four regions in Ethiopia. This study was carried out to identify barriers to the uptake of these services and potential solutions to inform the project.

Methods

Qualitative data were collected in October and November 2015 in 15 purposely selected districts in four regions. We conducted 90 focus group discussions and 60 in-depth interviews reaching a total of 664 participants. Thematic analysis was used to identify key barriers and potential solutions.

Results

Five demand

SUBMITTER: Mengistu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364059 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature