In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Health
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pickering, Joyce(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amenu, Assefa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-03T13:54:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:41:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-03T13:54:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:41:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This case contro l s t udy was conducted on a sample of 1000 users o f servi ces of hea lth stations (cases) and 1000 n on-users of the s e r v i ces (controls) during the study period whi ch was between October 17 and November 26 1988. The study was done in 6 randomly selected health stations and vi llages within a 5 km radius of the health stations in Yererna Kereyu Awraja, central Ethiopia, where the author is the district health manager . The ma jor objective of the stud y was to determine factors influencing the utilization of health stations in the Awraja. Information from the study population ",as col l ec t e d on different factors which possibly affect u ti li z ation, including demographic factors , such as age, sex, occupation, ethnici ty and education ; Socio- cul t ural f actors, such as people's a ttitude toward t he heal t h wori{ers and services; and economic status of the people. The mean age of the study population was 20.8 years and 60 . 9% of the subjects were women. Farmers constituted 53. 3%, the Oromo ethnic group 59.7% and the literacy rate was 48.3%. Case contro l analys e s of the 2 groups showed that non-utilizers were more likely t han u ti li zers to come from the younger or older age groups, to be f emal e, to be a farmer, to be from vii the Dromo ethnic group, & to have a low e r level of education . There was also a differ ence between cases and controls in p e rce ived travel time to the h ealth units, perceived quality of the serv ices, knowl e dge about free services, knoHl edge about the importance , and availability of some of the services, and the income pattern. There was no significant difference between the users and non-users with regard to religion, marital status of the respondents, or who advised the individuals to use or not to use the services. These differences indicate a need to teach communi ties about health & health services and to reduce socio-cultural barriers to utilization of the services. viii | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6043 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba Universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree | en_US |
| dc.title | In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Health | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |