Health Seeking Behaviour and Utilization of Health Facilities for Schistosomiasis-Related Symptoms in Ghana

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 4; no. 11; p. e867
• Main Authors: Danso-Appiah, Anthony, Stolk, Wilma A., Bosompem, Kwabena M., Otchere, Joseph, Looman, Caspar W. N., Habbema, J. Dik F., de Vlas, Sake J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.11.2010; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Fever; Ghana; Health Behavior; Health care delivery; Health facilities; Health Facilities - utilization; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Infectious Diseases/Helminth Infections; Infectious Diseases/Neglected Tropical Diseases; Infectious Diseases/Tropical and Travel-Associated Diseases; Malaria; Male; Morbidity; Public Health and Epidemiology; Public Health and Epidemiology/Environmental Health; Public Health and Epidemiology/Epidemiology; Public Health and Epidemiology/Global Health; Public Health and Epidemiology/Health Policy; Public Health and Epidemiology/Health Services Research and Economics; Public Health and Epidemiology/Preventive Medicine; Public Health and Epidemiology/Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health; Schistosoma; Schistosomiasis - psychology; Science Policy/Education; Self-medication; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tropical diseases; Urination; Urine; Young Adult; Ghana; Humans; Child, Preschool; Male; Ghana; Health Behavior; Young Adult; Schistosomiasis; Health Facilities; Adolescent; Questionnaires; Adult; Female; Child

Schistosomiasis causes long-term illness and significant economic burden. Morbidity control through integration within existing health care delivery systems is considered a potentially sustainable and cost-effective approach, but there is paucity of information about health-seeking behaviour. A ques...