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Title: Health Seeking Behaviours of Female Manual Labourers Towards Febrile Illness in Jos, Nigeria
Authors: Jamda, M.A
Agbo, H.
Chundung, M.
Keywords: female labourers
fever.
Issue Date: Oct-2009
Publisher: Sahel Medical Journal
Series/Report no.: Vol. 12;No. 4; Pp 175-177
Abstract: Background:Occupation may affect health seeking behaviour. Very little is known about this beneviour in labourers. This study assessed the health-seeking behaviour of the female manual labourers to fever in Jos, Nigeria. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 300 female manual labourers from a randomly selected cluster in Jos, using a pre-tested interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Epi-info. Results: Fever episode was reported by 85 percent of respondents during the last one month before the survey. Forty-seven percent 'observed' the fever and hoped for self resolution. Home treatment was reported as the first response to fever by 23% and 49% of the labourers sought treatment for fever within the first 24 hours of onset. Early treatment-seeking pattern was reported among those who self-medicate, followed by those that visited pharmacy stores. Cost was the major reason for delay in seeking timely and appropriate care. Conclusion: Female manual labourers had poor health seeking behaviour.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1072
ISSN: 2321-6689
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