Filipino Women's Tuberculosis Care Seeking Experience in an Urban Poor Setting
A Socioecological Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15217280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Hu (0000-0002-0883-315X, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo (0000-0001-7690-3191), Evelyn Loo, Peter J Winch (0000-0001-8569-5507, Johns Hopkins University), Pamela J Surkan (0000-0002-0334-5931, Johns Hopkins University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-44 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399332.2011.630495 |
| PMID | 22150265 |
| OpenAlex | W1975564162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Urban, poor Filipino women tend to delay seeking care for tuberculosis (TB), which increases their risk for morbidity and mortality. We interviewed 13 women and conducted three focus group discussions to characterize their TB care seeking pathways and identify the barriers and facilitators that influence care seeking at multiple levels. The quality of health services, shame associated with TB, financial insecurity, and familial responsibilities hindered care seeking, while support from community health volunteers and family members encouraged it. Strategies to improve TB control should create social support systems and improve the quality of health services to promote timely care seeking
Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Focus group · Health care · Perspective (graphical · Shame · Tuberculosis · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |