TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthcare-seeking behaviors for acute respiratory illness in two communities of Java, Indonesia
T2 - A cross-sectional survey
AU - Praptiningsih, Catharina Y.
AU - Lafond, Kathryn E.
AU - Wahyuningrum, Yunita
AU - Storms, Aaron D.
AU - Mangiri, Amalya
AU - Iuliano, Angela D.
AU - Samaan, Gina
AU - Titaley, Christiana R.
AU - Yelda, Fitra
AU - Kreslake, Jennifer
AU - Storey, Douglas
AU - Uyeki, Timothy M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Yudarini and colleagues at the Center for Health Research, Universitas Indonesia for their contributions in data collection and study coordination, and Kendra Chittenden for her contributions to the study design and implementation. This work was supported by the United States Agency for International Development, under the auspices of the Strategies Against Flu Emergence (SAFE) project, managed by Development Associates International (DAI).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Understanding healthcare-seeking patterns for respiratory illness can help improve estimations of disease burden and inform public health interventions to control acute respiratory disease in Indonesia. The objectives of this study were to describe healthcare-seeking behaviors for respiratory illnesses in one rural and one urban community in Western Java, and to explore the factors that affect care seeking. From February 8, 2012 to March 1, 2012, a survey was conducted in 2520 households in the East Jakarta and Bogor districts to identify reported recent respiratory illnesses, as well as all hospitalizations from the previous 12-month period. We found that 4% (10% of those less than 5 years) of people had respiratory disease resulting in a visit to a healthcare provider in the past 2 weeks; these episodes were most commonly treated at government (33%) or private (44%) clinics. Forty-five people (0.4% of those surveyed) had respiratory hospitalizations in the past year, and just over half of these (24/45, 53%) occurred at a public hospital. Public health programs targeting respiratory disease in this region should account for care at private hospitals and clinics, as well as illnesses that are treated at home, in order to capture the true burden of illness in these communities.
AB - Understanding healthcare-seeking patterns for respiratory illness can help improve estimations of disease burden and inform public health interventions to control acute respiratory disease in Indonesia. The objectives of this study were to describe healthcare-seeking behaviors for respiratory illnesses in one rural and one urban community in Western Java, and to explore the factors that affect care seeking. From February 8, 2012 to March 1, 2012, a survey was conducted in 2520 households in the East Jakarta and Bogor districts to identify reported recent respiratory illnesses, as well as all hospitalizations from the previous 12-month period. We found that 4% (10% of those less than 5 years) of people had respiratory disease resulting in a visit to a healthcare provider in the past 2 weeks; these episodes were most commonly treated at government (33%) or private (44%) clinics. Forty-five people (0.4% of those surveyed) had respiratory hospitalizations in the past year, and just over half of these (24/45, 53%) occurred at a public hospital. Public health programs targeting respiratory disease in this region should account for care at private hospitals and clinics, as well as illnesses that are treated at home, in order to capture the true burden of illness in these communities.
KW - Healthcare-seeking behavior
KW - Indonesia
KW - Respiratory illness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jegh.2016.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2016.01.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 26930154
AN - SCOPUS:84960154132
SN - 2210-6006
VL - 6
SP - 77
EP - 86
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
IS - 2
ER -