Stephanie Haible, Carmen Volk, Yolanda Demetriou, Oliver Höner, Ansgar Thiel, Gorden Sudeck
Physical Activity-Related Health Competence, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness: Analysis of Control Competence for the Self-Directed Exercise of Adolescents
International journal of environmental research and public health
access health care services basic human right individuals health overall quality life may suffer result barriers accessing health services access comprehensive quality health care fundamental promoting maintaining health preventing treating diseases reducing premature deaths however half african population access modern health services therefore study aimed assess health care access associated factors among female youths lowincome east african countries study used secondary data 2016 2021 demographic health surveys 7 lowincome east african countries total weighted sample 51064 youths included multilevel binary logistic regression employed identify associated factors access health care since data hierarchical structure adjusted odds ratio aor 95 confidence interval ci pvalue less 005 used measure association variables whereas intraclass correlation coefficient icc median odds ratio mor proportional change variance pcv used measure random effects overall magnitude access healthcare among female youths lowincome east african countries 3884 95 ci 3841 3926 youths educational level rich wealth status media exposure community level education positive higher youths age rural residence negative predictors access healthcare among female youths besides living different countries compared burundi also associated factor accessing healthcare lowincome east african countries six ten female youths accessing health care lowincome east african countries therefore increase healthcare access health managers policymakers needed develop strategies improve poor household wealth index redistribution health services rural residents decisionmakers program planners also work increasing access education media exposure youths research including health system quality servicerelated factors accessing healthcare also considered researchers