Saidur Rahman Mashreky|Altaf Ur Rahman|Salim Mahmud Chowdhury|Leif Svanström|Shumona Shafinaz|Tabassum Khan|Fazlur Rahman
Health seeking behaviour of parents of burned children in Bangladesh is related to family socioeconomics
Karolinska Institutet|Karolinska Institutet|Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies|Karolinska Institutet
study design explore health seeking behaviour bangladeshi parents children burn injuriesa populationbased crosssectional survey conducted january december 2003 bangladesh nationally representative data collected 171366 rural urban households comprising total population 819429 including 351651 children 018 years mothers heads households interviewed structured questionnaire obtaining informationabout sixty percent parents seek health care unqualified service providers children childhood burn injury educated higher income groups parents choose qualified service provider significantly higher rate compared illiterate poor higher proportion parents urban residence chooses qualified service provider compared rural significant difference health seeking behaviour parent choosing care provider found relation sex childreneducation economic condition place residence found contributory factors choosing service provider education parents contribute changes health seeking behaviour ultimately contribute reducing morbidity mortality childhood burn injuries including parents education national burn prevention program needs developed combat devastating child injury burn