Factors influencing healthcare-seeking behavior and its process analysis among ethnic minority residents
A qualitative study in rural China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22086101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shu Wei (0000-0002-8803-9625, North West Agriculture and Forestry University), Haifeng Long (0009-0007-4312-3608, North West Agriculture and Forestry University), Yu Tian (0000-0002-2744-2226, Zhejiang Shuren University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 1627392-1627392 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1627392 |
| PMID | 40620560 |
| OpenAlex | W4411500909 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
Background: Healthcare-seeking behavior is a crucial foundation for improving the rational use of healthcare resources and enhancing community health. Existing studies have predominantly focused on quantitative analyses of healthcare-seeking choices and their determinants based on the Homo Economicus assumption, while neglecting the analysis of sociocultural processes underlying healthcare-seeking behavior. Methods: This study employed participant observation and in-depth interviews to investigate thirty-two residents from ethnic minority rural areas, with selected typical cases subjected to focused discussion. Based on the theoretical perspective of social capital, this paper explores and analyzes the healthcare-seeking behavior and its underlying logic in ethnic minority rural areas. Results: The findings suggest that institutional trust and interpersonal trust influence patients' choices between formal and informal medical systems. Medical care information, as a prerequisite for patients' decisions, flows differently within ethnic relationship networks and community social networks. Institutional and cultural norms collectively influence healthcare service behaviors and provide support for patients' healthcare-seeking behavior. Conclusion: The adjustment of social medical policy should be guided by the advantages of the formal medical system and the informal medical system, so that the primary medical system can provide high-quality medical services for local residents
China · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Health care · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology
Social Capital and Community Effects on Population and Individual Health
Collective action and the evolution of social norms
Effectiveness of traditional healers in treating mental disorders
Health seeking behaviour and health service utilization in Pakistan
Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
Where does residents' choice of primary medical treatment come from?—A logical analysis based on the perspective of service accessibility and residents' cognition
Mental health problems, interpersonal trust, and socio-cultural correlates of corruption perception in Ghana
Healthcare facility factors associated with health-seeking behavior among secondary school students in the Dodoma region
Social Capital
Traditional Healers as Health Care Providers for the Latine Community in the United States, a Systematic Review
Mapping the Health Information Landscape in a Rural, Culturally Diverse Region
Social capital and self-rated health
Access to Medical Care in the U.S
Which doctors do we trust? A vignette experiment of how gender and ethnicity influence trust
Bringing Strong Ties Back in
Social relations or social capital? Individual and community health effects of bonding social capital
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |