Health seeking behaviour of caregivers of children under five and its determinants in Ho West and Adaklu districts, Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based cross-sectional study
About 60% of those who sought formal care for their sick children did so promptly and this was influenced by the sex and birth order of the child. Public health managers in the study area must promote interventions to improve prompt caregiver HSB, especially for children of higher birth orders. Community education is needed to minimize 'discrimination' against the girl child as far as prompt HSB is concerned.
Authors
- Joseph Osarfo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5366-3997)
- Harry Tagbor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-665X)
- Gifty Dufie Ampofo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-6578)
Institutions
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22393-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.48