Barriers to participation in treatment-seeking among vesicovaginal fistula women in north-west Nigeria: A proposed conceptual framework

• Main Authors: Nasiru, Muhammad Anka, Ahmad, Abd Halim, Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Scientific Research and Education (SSRE) 2016
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/19946/1/IMJRR%206%2010%202016%201405%201413.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/19946/; http://ijmrr.com/current%20issue.aspx
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The key objective of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework, which is hoped will examine relationship between barriers to participation and treatment-seeking among vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) women in three selected areas (Kebbi, Sokoto & Zamfara) in north-west, Nigeria. Based on reviewed literature, this paper proposes five main constructs in the proposed model that would examine why not so many women with VVF are participating in treatment-seeking. The constructs are inequality in decision-making, attitude of health personnel, poor social support and Transportation.