Health Care Management and Health Seeking Behavior among Women at Selected Communities, Chennai

Christina Rachel C; Dr. Banumathi.K; Kesiyaruth Amirthakumari.R.; Dr. Senbahavalli.V 1

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Publication Date: 2024/06/15

Abstract: Health is an important factor that not only contributes to human well-being, but also aids in economic growth globally. The most important to note is that, women’s health concerns are numerous. Though Women are the important pillar of the family and the society and the primary caretakers in every country of the world, they suffer more and have poorer health outcomes around the world. With this focus this study aimed to assess the health care management and health seeking behavior among women. This is a quantitative research methodology with a descriptive correlational research design. 130 women were chosen using convenient sampling. Informed consent was obtained. They were given background variables proforma, health-related variable proforma, a rating scale for health care management, and a multiple-choice questionnaire for health screening and health seeking behavior. The information gathered was organized and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that women had moderately adequate health care management (60%), 36.8% of them had adequate health care management and only 3.82% had inadequate health care management. Health screening among women revealed that more than half of them checked their blood pressure (56.9%), blood sugar level (56.9%) and hemoglobin level (56.2%), less than half of them assessed their thyroid level (30%) and 34.6% had done the breast self-examination, 12.3% of them were underdone Mammogram and only 26.2% has done Pap smear testing within 1 year. 37.7% and 32.3% of the women seek allopathy medical practitioner in private and government setup, 26.2% see traditional healers and only 3.8% seek AYUSH.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY2075

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