Utilization of primary health care facilities: Lessons from a rural community in southwest Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorSule, S. S.
dc.contributor.authorIjadunola, Kayode T.
dc.contributor.authorOnayade, A. A.
dc.contributor.authorFatusi, A. O.
dc.contributor.authorSoetan, R. O.
dc.contributor.authorConnell, F. A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T09:58:58Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T09:58:58Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-22
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed service/organisational factors and clients' perceptions that influenced utilisation of Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in a rural community in Nigeria. Method: A cross-sectional household survey in the community as well as key-informant interviews of opinion leaders and health care providers and participant observations of health facilities and utilisation pattern was used to collect data. Results: Forty-four percent of respondents to the survey who were ill in the preceding six months visited a PHC facility for treatment, while others relied on self-medication/self-treatment. Education was positively associated with utilisation of PHC services (P<0.05). Maternal and child health (45.4%), prompt attention (23.0%), and appropriate outpatient (20.5%) services attracted respondents to use PHC services. Poor education about when to seek care, poverty, perceived high cost of PHC services, lack of drugs and basic laboratory services, and a regular physician on site at the facility were identified as barriers to utilisation. Conclusion: We conclude that community perceptions of poor quality and inadequacy of available services was responsible for low use of PHC services.
dc.identifier.citationSule, S. S., Ijadunola, K. T., Onayade, A. A., Fatusi, A. O., Soetan, R. O., & Connell, F. A. (2008). Utilization of primary health care facilities: Lessons from a rural community in southwest Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 17(1), 98-106. https://doi.org/10.4314/njm.v17i1.37366
dc.identifier.issn2667-0526 (eISSN)
dc.identifier.issn1115-2613 (print ISSN)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4314/njm.v17i1.37366
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1507
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNigerian Journal of Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 17 No. 1 (2008)
dc.titleUtilization of primary health care facilities: Lessons from a rural community in southwest Nigeria
dc.typeArticle
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