Healthcare-seeking behavior for children aged 0–59 months: Evidence from 2002–2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys

U Khasanah, F Efendi, EMM Has, QES Adnani… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background and objective Healthcare-seeking behavior for children is crucial for reducing
disease severity. Such behavior can improve child health outcomes and prevent child …

Machine learning algorithms to predict healthcare-seeking behaviors of mothers for acute respiratory infections and their determinants among children under five in …

TZ Yehuala, MC Agimas, NM Derseh… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the leading cause of death in children
under the age of 5 globally. Maternal healthcare-seeking behavior may help minimize …

Multilevel analysis of healthcare utilization for childhood diarrhea in high under five mortality countries

MG Tiruneh, M Jejaw, KA Demissie, TZ Tafere… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Globally, 4.9 million under-five deaths occurred before celebrating their fifth
birthday. Four in five under-five deaths were recorded in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern …

Attitudes of Caregivers of Children under Five Years Regarding Growth Monitoring and Promotion in Polokwane, Limpopo Province

MH Mphasha, M Rapetsoa, N Mathebula, K Makua… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) is critical in tracking child growth to address
widespread malnutrition and health status. Attitudes influence behaviour change, including …

Multilevel analysis of individual-and community-level determinants of birth certification of children under-5 years in Nigeria: evidence from a household survey

US Anaduaka - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Promoting birth certification is central to achieving legal identity for all-target 16.9 of the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals. Nigeria is not on track to achieve this goal with its low …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal Decision-Making Power and Care-Seeking Behaviors for Acutely Ill Children: A Multilevel Analysis of 33 Sub-Saharan African Countries

H Chi, YJ Eom, S Jung, J Kim… - The American Journal …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Timely and appropriate healthcare seeking is crucial to reduce child mortality. However,
rates of care seeking for acute childhood diseases remain low in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Healthcare-seeking behavior for diarrhea in under-five children and associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel robust Poisson regression model

TM Tebeje, SH Tesfaye, M Abebe, BT Seboka… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child death in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). Children with diarrhea who do not receive medical advice or treatment are at high …

Pneumonia knowledge and care seeking behavior for children under-five years in Jigawa, Northwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

AA Bakare, C King, J Salako, D Bakare… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Between 2013 and 2022, Nigeria did not meet globally defined targets for
pneumonia control, despite some scale-up of vaccinations, oxygen and antibiotics. A …

The use of traditional medicine practitioner services for childhood illnesses among childbearing women: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys in 32 …

PB James, RM Gyasi, OMJ Kasilo, J Wardle… - … medicine and therapies, 2023 - Springer
Background Insights into the use of traditional medicine practitioners (TMP)-for common
childhood diseases such as diarrhea and respiratory infections are important to understand …

Assessment of pre-referral treatment for malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia by rural community health workers in Southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

M Matte, M Ntaro, J Kenney, A Wesuta… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Pre-referral treatment aims to stabilize the child's condition before transferring
them to a higher level of healthcare. This study explored pre-referral treatment for diarrhea …