Determinants Of Mothers Health Care Seeking Behavior For Common Childhood Illness In Fogera Woreda Amhara Region

According io WHO, 2010 recent figure, globally around 9 million children still dies every yearrnbefore reaching their fifth birthday. Almost all of these deaths occur in low and middle-incomernCOllillries. The ullder-flve mortality rate is seven times higher in the Aji-ican Region than that ofrnEurope. Large number of children in Ethiopia in general and Amhara region in particular diernwithout ever reaching a health facility and due to delays in seeking care. Health care seekingrninterventions have the potential to considerably reduce child mortality. However, Mothers inrnFogera woreda did not have sufficient knowledge of signs that their child's health is in danger,rnor of appropriate treatments, or access to appropriate health services.rnThis study aims to assess determinants of mothers ' health care seeking behavior for commonrnchildhood illness. A cross-sectional study was conducted ji-om January 1-20. 2011 in FogerarnWoreda, Amhara Regional state. Data were collected ji-om fi ve rural and one urban kebeles ofrnmothers whose children under the age of five got ill in the last 30 days. A total of 610 swdyrnsubjects were included in the study. Multi stage sampling techniques was used to reach thernrespondents. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. The data were analyzedrnusing SPSS window version 15. Odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression model tornCO/llrol confounders. Statistical tests were done at a level of significance ofp

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