Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins, Kalpana Raghunathan, Helen Almond, Richard G Booth, Susan G McBride, Mari Tietze, Michelle Honey, Paula Procter, Monica Peddle, Lisa McKenna
Perspectives on the implementation of health informatics curricula frameworks
Contemporary nurse
healthseeking behavior hsb individuals reaction sickness seek medical attention regardless form care may take poor hsb frequently associated lower health outcomes greater mortality disease rates nation sociodemographic factors including age gender family structure occupation ethnicity rates literacy poverty influence persons hsb study would benefit pakistani parents paediatric population make informed health choices children study aims determine influence sociodemographic factors parental hsb illnesses among pediatric age group karachi crosssectional study conducted 214 parents interviewed choices healthseeking healthcare pediatric children pediatric age group birth18 years attending pediatric opd wards dr ruth pfau civil hospital karachi may 2023 parents guardians sick children included sociodemographic characteristics healthseeking choices asked informed consent obtained data recorded spss version 25 used analysis first choice majority parents 827 preferred seek healthcare children medical doctors followed spiritual healers 107 traditional healers 56 homoeopathic doctors 09 second choice highest percentage doctor 762 followed spiritual healer 187 homoeopathic doctor 33 traditional healer 19 significant correlation found first visit decision makers p 0019 fathers education level father p 0001 mothers occupation mother p 0019 mothers education level mother p 0001 sociodemographic characteristics greatly influence parents hsbs parents children despite lowpaying jobs uneducated people choose refer doctor child due awareness