Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city

Farzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim

PULSE · 2015-yil

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Objectives: To determine the health seeking behaviour of mothers / care givers of children under 5 years of age during their illnesses.Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 439 mothers/ care givers of under 5 year old children in an urban slum area of Dhaka city from September 2013 to February 2014. Data were collected through face-to-face interview by using a structured pre-tested questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. All analyzed data were presented in the form of percentages. Chi-square test was applied wherever applicable.Results: Out of 439 mothers / care givers, most (90%) of them sought health care services during their children’s illness. [A statistically significant association was found between mother’s /care giver’s education and sought health care services during illness of children (p=0.055). In the study, 200 (50%) of the respondents consulted drug sellers of medicine shops during their children’s illness. Others went to medical college hospital (34.6%), Government hospitals (13.5%), consulted a private practitioners (11%) and NGO facilities (6.3%). Forty (9.1%) respondents did not seek any health care with multiple reasons or responses. Majority (27, 67.5%) waited for self recovery, 21 (52.5%) had lack of money, 5 (12.5%) did not receive any advice to receive treatment. Four (10%) respondents said that the health care facility was too far to receive treatment and 3 (7.5%) respondents did not feel that treatment was necessary. [Health seeking behaviour of the mothers / care givers was statistically highly significant in educated person. They took the child to Govt. hospital (p=0.001) during illness. The relationship between health seeking behaviour and monthly family income of the respondents was statistically significant. The respondents took their child to medical college hospital (p=0.040) and also consulted drug sellers (p=0.038) during illness of the child.]Conclusion: Health education and behaviour change communication activities can be undertaken in the slum for mothers / care givers about early recognition of childhood illness and on the importance of seeking early treatment.Pulse Vol.7 January-December 2014 p.5-15

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MualliflarFarzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
JurnalPULSE
NashriyotPROFI университетининг
ISSN2074-1855, 2235-8668
Nashr sanasi2015-05-07
Jild7
Son1
Betlar5-15
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaPsixologiya
DOI10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-09-02

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APAFarzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, & Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim (2015). Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city. PULSE, 7(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232
GOST (OAK)Farzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city // PULSE. – 2015. – T. 7, № 1. – P. 5-15. – DOI: 10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232.
MLAFarzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, and Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim. “Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city.” PULSE, 7(1), 5-15, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232
ChicagoFarzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, and Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim. “Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city.” PULSE, 7(1), 5-15 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232
HarvardFarzana Mahejabin, Saba Parveen, and Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim (2015) ‘Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city’, PULSE, 7(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232
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@article{farzanamahejabin2015,
  title = {Mothers / care givers health seeking behaviour during childhood illness in an urban slum of Dhaka city},
  author = {Farzana Mahejabin and Saba Parveen and Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim},
  journal = {PULSE},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {7},
  number = {1},
  pages = {5-15},
  doi = {10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v7i1.23232}
}

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