Reproductive Tract Infections in Rural Vietnam, Women's Knowledge, and Health-Seeking Behavior

A Cross-Sectional Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15218253
AuthorsAnna Nielsen (0000-0002-5189-6949, Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author), Phạm Thị Làn (0000-0002-0127-9328, Karolinska Institutet), Gaetano Marrone (0000-0002-2991-1663, Karolinska Institutet), Ho Dang Phuc (Institute of Mathematics), N T K Chuc (0000-0001-6486-7891, Hanoi Medical University), Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg (0000-0001-6525-1861, Karolinska Institutet)
Year2014
Volume37
Issue4
Pages392-411
Publication date2014-05-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2014.920021
PMID24850497
OpenAlexW1996159999
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

We interviewed 1,805 women in a rural setting in Vietnam with the aim of investigating women's knowledge regarding reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and their health-seeking behavior. We found that women's overall knowledge was poor. Furthermore, only one-third of the symptomatic women sought health care. RTIs affect millions of women globally each year. Most vulnerable are women in low- and middle-income countries where poverty and gender inequities affect their access to health care services. Findings from our study can be used in similar rural settings worldwide to understand and manage the widespread problem of RTIs

Affect (linguistics · Cross-sectional study · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Health care · Population · Poverty · Reproductive health · Reproductive tract · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive tract infections research

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