Health Status and Health Service Utilization among Vietnamese Farmers in a Mountainous Province

Bibliographic Data

ID15506021
AuthorsDiep Ngoc Nguyen (0000-0001-7496-0336, Duy Tan University), Long Hoang Nguyen (0000-0003-1658-2394, Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất Thành), Cuong Tat Nguyen (0000-0002-9336-5476, Duy Tan University, corresponding author), Hai Quang Pham (0000-0003-4448-5436, Duy Tan University), Jongnam Hwang (0000-0001-7078-9244, Wonkwang University), Giang Thu Vu (0000-0002-3470-4458, Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất Thành), Bach Xuan Tran (0000-0002-2191-3947, Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam), Carl Latkin (0000-0002-7931-2116, Johns Hopkins University), Cyrus S H Ho (0000-0002-7092-9566, National University Hospital), Roger C M Ho (0000-0001-9629-4493, National University of Singapore)
Year2019
Volume16
Issue23
Pages4768-4768
Publication date2019-11-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16234768
PMID31795115
OpenAlexW2990226699
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited47

Problems of poor health status and low health service use among farmers in mountainous areas have not been fully investigated. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Son La, a mountainous province in Vietnam, to assess the self-rated health and health care service utilization among farmers. Visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to measure the self-rated health. Multivariate Tobit, Poisson, and logistic regression were employed to identify related factors. Among 197 farmers, the mean VAS score was 67.8 (SD = 15.5). Approximately 40% of participants reported health problems, and the most popular morbidity was hypertension-56.4%. There were 28.9% and 50.3% of farmers using inpatient and outpatient treatments in the last 12 months, respectively. Age, educational level, family income, marital status, alcohol use, and source of information have been identified as associated factors with self-rated health status and morbidities, while age, gender, education, and morbidities were related to health service utilization. Data indicated a high proportion of health issues and a high rate of health care service use among farmers in a mountainous area of Vietnam. Adaptable health policies and prevention programs or preventive health services should be implemented regularly in mountainous regions to protect farmers from the onset of morbidities and to enhance their health

Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Health education · Household income · Logistic regression · Marital status · Poisson regression · Population · Public health · Scale (ratio · Tobit model · Vietnamese · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology