“Children get sick all the time”: A qualitative study of socio-cultural and health system factors contributing to recurrent child illnesses in rural Burkina Faso
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“Children get sick all the time” : A qualitative study of socio-cultural and health system factors contributing to recurrent child illnesses in rural Burkina Faso. / Østergaard, Lise Rosendal; Bjertrup, Pia Juul; Samuelsen, Helle.
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T1 - “Children get sick all the time”
T2 - A qualitative study of socio-cultural and health system factors contributing to recurrent child illnesses in rural Burkina Faso
AU - Østergaard, Lise Rosendal
AU - Bjertrup, Pia Juul
AU - Samuelsen, Helle
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In Burkina Faso, the government has implemented various health sector reforms in order to overcome financial and geographical barriers to citizens’ access to primary healthcare throughout the country. Despite these efforts, morbidity and mortality rates among children remain high and the utilization of public healthcare services low. This study explores the relationship between mothers’ intentions to use public health services in cases of child sickness, their social strategies and cultural practices to act on these intentions and the actual services provided at the primary health care facilities. Focusing on mothers as the primary caregivers, we follow their pathways from the onset of symptoms through their various attempts of providing treatment for their sick children. The overall objective is to discuss the interconnectedness of various factors, inside and outside of the primary health care services that contribute to the continuing high child morbidity and mortality rates.
AB - In Burkina Faso, the government has implemented various health sector reforms in order to overcome financial and geographical barriers to citizens’ access to primary healthcare throughout the country. Despite these efforts, morbidity and mortality rates among children remain high and the utilization of public healthcare services low. This study explores the relationship between mothers’ intentions to use public health services in cases of child sickness, their social strategies and cultural practices to act on these intentions and the actual services provided at the primary health care facilities. Focusing on mothers as the primary caregivers, we follow their pathways from the onset of symptoms through their various attempts of providing treatment for their sick children. The overall objective is to discuss the interconnectedness of various factors, inside and outside of the primary health care services that contribute to the continuing high child morbidity and mortality rates.
U2 - 10.1186/s12889-016-3067-0
DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-3067-0
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27164827
VL - 16
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
SN - 1471-2458
IS - 384
ER -
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