William W Cobern, Betty Aj Adams, Brandy A-S Pleasants, Andrew Bentley, Robert Kagumba
Do We Have a Trust Problem? Exploring Undergraduate Student Views on the Tentativeness and Trustworthiness of Science
Science & education
success current policies interventions providing effective access treatment childhood illnesses hinges families decisions relating healthcare access subsaharan africa ssa uneven distribution child healthcare services investigated role played barriers healthcare accessibility healthcare seeking childhood illnesses among childbearing women ssa data 223184 children five extracted demographic health surveys 29 subsaharan african countries conducted 2010 2018 outcome variable study healthcare seeking childhood illnesses data analyzed using stata version 142 windows chisquare test independence twolevel multivariable multilevel modelling carried generate results statistical significance pegged p005 relied strengthening reporting observational studies epidemiology strobe statement writing manuscript eightyfive percent 855 women ssa sought healthcare childhood illnesses highest lowest prevalence gabon 750 zambia 926 respectively terms barriers healthcare access found women perceived getting money medical care self big problem aor 081 ci 078083 considered going medical care alone big problem aor 094 ci 091097 lower odds seeking healthcare children compared considered big problem factors predicted healthcare seeking childhood illnesses size child birth birth order age level community literacy community socioeconomic status place residence household head decisionmaker healthcare study revealed relationship barriers healthcare access healthcare seeking childhood illnesses subsaharan africa individual community level factors also predicted healthcare seeking childhood illnesses subsaharan africa suggests interventions aimed improving child healthcare subsaharan africa need focus factors