Health Servicess Utilization Among Mothers of Children Under 5 Years Old in Muang District of Sakaeo Province, Thailand
A cross-sectionarl stucly was conducted to investigate the health services utilization among mothers of children under 5 years old in the Muang clistrict, Sakaeo province, Thailand. Socio-demographic characteristics' attitude toward public health service, knowleclge toward general health serv...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2016
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/1587 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institution: | Mahidol University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | A cross-sectionarl stucly was conducted to investigate the health services utilization among mothers of children
under 5 years old in the Muang clistrict, Sakaeo province, Thailand. Socio-demographic characteristics' attitude
toward public health service, knowleclge toward general health services, accessibility of health services and the
illness levels of the studied mother's children were all investigated'
Datir were obtained from 272 mothers of children under 5 years old by interview and questionnaire. The
mothers who lived at least one year in the village and whose children had had on illness in the past year were
included in this snrdY.
Approxiprately forty three percent of mothers were between 20-29 years of age. The main occupation
(35.3 percent) was housewife. The education level of the majority of the respondents was primary school level
(51.2 percent). Fifry five percent of the family had sufficient income for day to day living but not enough savings.
Approximately seventy one percent of mothers had moderate attitude toward public health services. Sixty percent of
respondents had a fair knowledge toward general health services. When the child's illness was mild, the majority of
mothers who hacl a hi-qh attitude toward public health services went to government hospitals (37.8 percent) and
those with low attitucle bought drugs in clrug stores (26.2 percent). The mothers with sufficient income for day to day
Iiving ancl having savings went to government hospitals (28.7 percent) as compared to those who were not sufficient
income for day to day living who did self-treatment (3?.0 percent). For mothers with poor knowledge toward
general health services the percentage of those not using the public health service was higher than those who had fair
or goocl knowledge, 23.8%, 6 '7 %, 7 .6% respectively'
There were significant associations between the type of health services used and each of the following
variables; main occupation, education, family composition, income of mother's family, distance from mother's
house to health services, transportation and traveling time in case of child mild illness. In severe illness cases, two
factors; distance from mother's house to health services and traveling time were associated with the kind of health
services used. The mothers who were laborers tended to use public health service, 3.5 times as much as those who
worked in agriculture.
It is suggested that there should be improvement in the information and management about public health
services and also in the ntother's attitudes and knowledge. |
|---|