Litali, Grace Amunga (2004) How Health Budgets Affect the Health Seeking Behaviour among Slum Dwellers of Mukuru Fuata Nyayo, Makadara Division of Nairobi. Masters thesis, Kenyatta University.
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Abstract
In Kenya most of the urban poor who live in the slums informal settlements contribute to the high indices of poor health in the urban areas. Most studies done on health seeking practices have focused on the general population, yet the urban poor have not been studied as a group. This descriptive cross sectional study aimed to focus on the health seeking practices of individual families living in Mukuru Nyayo slum in Nairobi in relation to the amount of money spent on health care per month. Sampling was done in stages. First, (Mukuru Nyayo) was divided into five administrative sub-locations. Each of the five sub-locations was regarded as a cluster. Systematic sa mpling was carried 0 ut within each cluster to identify the households that were studied. Questionnaires were used to determine households' incomes, amount spent on health care, food and rent and where they sought for health care services. 400 respondents were interviewed, and 49% sought health care from a catholic mission health facility nearby. There was a significant statistical association between the cost of health care (45% spent less than 100 shillings) and the health facility where they went when sick. (l = 282.01; P < 0.05; df= 6). Respondents who earned between 1000 - 5000 shillings were 45%, a significant association was found between health care facilities sought and household incomes (X2 = 38.52; P < 0.001; df = 6).
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Tim Khabala |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2017 09:54 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2017 09:54 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/2616 |
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