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Assessment of Health seeking Behavior and the Factors associated

Vamshi Dharan P , Vamshi Dharan P

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New Indian Journal of Surgery 2(4):p 390-390, October-December 2011. | DOI:

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 Health seeking behaviour in terms of illness; behaviour refers to those activities undertaken by individuals in response to symptom experience. Health seeking behaviour is influenced by a large number of factors apart from knowledge and awareness. This behaviour among different populations, particularly in rural communities, is a complex outcome of many factors operating at individual, family and community level including their bio-social profile, their past experience with the health services, influences at the community level, availability of alternative health care providers including indigenous practitioners and last but not the least the perception regarding efficiency and quality of services. Belief systems prevalent in the communities i.e. how people conceptualise the aetiology of health problem and how symptoms are perceived is an important factor in deciding the first step of treatment seeking. With this perspective, present study was undertaken with an objective to find the factors associated with the health seeking behaviour of community members (above 60 years)and also to know the difference between rural and urban health seeking behaviour. 

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