NDLI: Intra-household differences in health seeking behaviour for orphans and non-orphans in an NGO-supported and non-supported subcounty of Luwero, Uganda

Content Provider	African Journals Online (AJOL)
Author	F Mugumya D Muhangi WW Muhwezi
Abstract	Objective: Comparing healthcare dynamics among orphans and non-orphans in an NGO supported and a non-supported subcountyso as to identify the level of equity.Design and Methods: This was a cross-sectional unmatched case-control research. A sample of 98 orphans and 98 non-orphans in an NGO supported sub-county and a similar number in a control sub-county participated. For each child, a corresponding caregiver participated. Each respondent was interviewed. Analysis was comparative. Relationships between variables were ascertained using a X2.Results: Fevers were the most common health problem. However, 14.3% of children reported an experience of diarrhoea in an NGO-supported sub-county as opposed to 85.7% in the control sub-county (p = 0.014). Twenty percent of children in the NGO supported sub-county reported skin infections compared to 80% in the control sub-county [p= 0.008]. When orphans fell sick, more caregivers in the supported sub-county consulted village clinics compared to self herbal-medication (p = 0.009). Majority of orphan caregivers compared to those for non-orphans in the control sub-county took their children to village clinics as opposed to healthcentres (p = 0.002). In the control sub-county, fewer caregivers responded to children’s illness by buying medicines from drug-shops as opposed to taking them to village clinics [(p = 0.040).Conclusion: There were some differences between orphans and non-orphans within each sub-county and between orphans in thetwo sub-counties. NGO support is critical in cultivating equity, compassion and non-discrimination. The extended family system in Africa was managing orphan care although it displayed cracks in support systems.
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16806905
e-ISSN	17290503
Journal	African Health Sciences
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher Date	2009-06-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Health African Studies Orphans caregivers health seeking behaviour Uganda discrimination NGO support
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Gender Studies

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