Determinants of Health Care-Seeking Behavior Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.042How to use a DOI?

Keywords

pulmonary TB, health care-seeking, patient

Abstract

The case finding of pulmonary TB and health care-seeking become a significant public health concern. Health care-seeking delay is the most important negative risk factor for the spread of TB. This study aims to identify the determinants of health care-seeking behaviour in pulmonary TB patients in Perumnas II Health Center, Pontianak City. The research method used in the study was cross sectional design, and a total of 42 pulmonary TB patients was taken. The results showed that 57.10% had delayed health care-seeking. Perceptions of illness, family support, and mass media exposure were significantly associated with the delay in health care-seeking behaviour. Unrelated variables were age, gender, education level, occupation, income, and access to health services. It is urgent to do comprehensive targeted intervention to overcome care-seeking delay.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linda Suwarni
AU  - Putri Ramasari
AU  - Abduh Ridha
AU  - Ismael Saleh
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - Determinants of Health Care-Seeking Behavior Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 216
EP  - 219
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.042
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.042
ID  - Suwarni2020
ER  -