Indranil Chakrabarti|Meenakshi Chakraborty|Romy Biswas|Nilabja Ghosh
Factors affecting the healthcare-seeking behavior of mothers regarding their children in a rural community of Darjeeling district, West Bengal
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|Community Medical Center|North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|Community Medical Center|Community Medical Center|North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
factors affecting healthcareseeking behavior mothers regarding children rural community darjeeling district west bengalbackground ailing unresponsive health system existing social complexities considerable contextual differences pervasive indiain health manifested differences morbidity mortality severely affecting child health survivalobjectives fi nd possible factors affecting healthseeking behavior mothers regard children rural community darjeeling district reasons seeking curative care perceived sick childrenmaterials methods crosssectional communitybased study among mothers naxalbari block undertaken using multistage random sampling technique june august 2011 using questionnaire methoda total 256 mothers sample size studiedresults joint family structure mass media exposure literacy status socioeconomic status mothers gender differences among children found signifi cantly associated healthcareseeking behavior mothersconclusion increasing maternal education intensifi ed awareness generation mass media approach implementing gendersensitive interventions counseling may positive implications future leading better health outcomes favorable health indicators