Health care seeking behavior for common childhood illnesses in Birendranagar municipality, Surkhet, Nepal: 2018

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264676
• Publication Date: 2022-03-30T17:31:49Z
• Authors: Ganga Tiwari; Ajoy Kumar Thakur; Sushil Pokhrel; Ganesh Tiwari; Durga Prasad Pahari
• Keywords: Science; Q; Health Behavior; R; 1. No poverty; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; Caregivers; Nepal; Medicine; Humans; Health Facilities; Child; 10. No inequality; Research Article

Appropriate and prompt health care seeking by parents or caretakers can reduce morbidity mortality among under-five year children. Although remarkable progress has been made in the reduction of mortality, still rate is high Nepal. There are few studies on behavior Therefore, this study was conducted to determine prevailing common childhood illness under five children identify association socio demographic, economic, related system factors with 2018.