Public Health Research
p-ISSN: 2167-7263 e-ISSN: 2167-7247
2022; 12(4): 90-94
doi:10.5923/j.phr.20221204.02
Received: Sep. 8, 2022; Accepted: Sep. 21, 2022; Published: Oct. 12, 2022
Phylis Jerotich Kibet
Kabarak University, Kabarak, Kenya
Correspondence to: Phylis Jerotich Kibet, Kabarak University, Kabarak, Kenya.
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Unintentional home injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children. Approximately 1 million children worldwide die due to injuries yearly and 90% of these deaths are as a result of home injuries. The study aimed at determining the factors influencing the actions undertaken by caregivers towards unintentional home injuries sustained by their children. A cross-sectional study design was used to give a snapshot of events regarding home injuries among children. A total of 305 caregivers were interviewed. Purposive sampling was used to sample Kaptembwa which is an informal settlement with high prevalence of home injuries among children. The sampling frame was households with children between 0-12 years. Systematic sampling with a five skip interval was used to pick the households. Majority 85.12% of the caregivers had inappropriate care seeking behaviour (self-medication, taking no action, seeking help of traditional medicine and resorting to prayers). Only 14.88% of caregivers sought appropriate care when their children sustained injuries. Several factors were found to influence care seeking behaviour of the caregivers. The factors included level of income (P-0.041), perceived severity of the injury (P-0.0045), type of injury (P-0.0039), marital status (P-0.028) and age of caregiver (P-0.047). In conclusion, most caregivers in Kaptembwa had inappropriate health seeking behaviour.
Keywords: Care-seeking behaviour, Caregivers, Home injuries
Cite this paper: Phylis Jerotich Kibet, Caregivers Care Seeking Behaviour for Home Injuries Among Children Between 0- 12 Years in Kaptembwa, Nakuru County, Kenya, Public Health Research, Vol. 12 No. 4, 2022, pp. 90-94. doi: 10.5923/j.phr.20221204.02.
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