Health Care-seeking Behaviors in Mosuo and Pumi People in Yunnan Ninglang / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 331-337, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-776030
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the health care-seeking behaviors of Mosuo and Pumi people.Methods The subjects were enrolled by using the multi-stage stratified random sampling method and surveyed by the self-designed questionnaire.Results To tally 1669 subjects including 1121 Mosuo people and 548 Pumi people completed the survey.When Mosuo and Pumi people suffer from ailments,they preferred to buy drugs in drugstores(47.3% for Mosuo and 46.9% for Pumi),followed by visiting a local township hospital(27.0% for Mosuo and 24.3% for Pumi).When they suffered from severe diseases,they preferred to visit the county/city/state hospital(93.4% for Mosuo and 91.1% for Pumi).The mental disease were mainly treated in the county/city/state hospitals(49.3% for Mosuo and 52.7% for Pumi);notably,39.3% of the Mosuo respondents and 31.5% of the Pumi respondents skipped this question.Conclusion Health education,including awareness-raising activities on mental health,should be enhanced in Mosuo and Pumi people to further improve their health care-seeking behaviors.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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China
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2019
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Article
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