- Title
- Health-Seeking Behavior Regarding Coughs in Urban Slums in Lagos, Nigeria
- Creator
- Adepoju, Victor Abiola
- Creator
- Oladimeji, Olanrewaju
- Creator
- Sokoya, Olusola Daniel
- Description
- Background: TB is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with slum residents being disproportionately affected. This study aimed to assess health-seeking behavior among adult residents of slum communities presenting with coughs in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted across six urban slums in Nigeria as part of community outreaches to mark World TB Day. A structured, pretested questionnaire was used to capture relevant sociodemographic details and questions regarding symptoms of coughs and related symptoms as well as care-seeking behavior. Data were explored, analyzed, and presented using descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 632 respondents participated in this study...
- Date
- 2023/06
- Subject
- tuberculosis
- Subject
- health-seeking
- Subject
- urban
- Subject
- patent proprietary medicine vendor
- Subject
- World TB day
- Subject
- Nigeria
- Subject
- active case finding
- Subject
- outreaches
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13290
- Identifier
- vital:78420
- Identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines10070038
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Medicines
- Relation
- Adepoju, V.A.; Oladimeji, O.; Sokoya, O.D. Health-Seeking Behavior Regarding Coughs in Urban Slums in Lagos, Nigeria. Medicines 2023, 10, 38. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/medicines10070038
- Relation
- Medicines 10 vol 7 1 11 2023 https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines10070038
- Rights
- ©2023, authors
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