Assessment of women accessibility to health-care facilities in a typical rural local government area in Nigeria
Journal of Facilities Management
ISSN: 1472-5967
Article publication date: 15 December 2021
Issue publication date: 27 March 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to assess the accessibility of women to health-care facilities in the rural areas with a view to unties possible recommendation of enhancing its service delivery. It provides an insight into the levels of satisfaction of the services provided by conventional health-care providers in the area where the majority in the developing countries concentrated. The study unravels the reasons for the low patronage of regular health-care facilities to boost unscientific ones by rural women.
Design/methodology/approach
The study relies on extensive field work conducted in the study area mainly rural nature. data was sourced by questionnaire, mainly administered on the women in the area and field observation. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics.
Findings
The paper provides information on the low socio-economic attributes of rural women. It is further showed that medical facilities and personnel were not relatively available and performed in health-care centres to the satisfaction of the users. Poor roads, poor human relation, low quality of services, inadequate medical personnel and drug shortage hindrance to women accessing appropriate health-care facilities in the rural areas. Rural women, therefore, opted for self-medication folk medicine, disguising and spiritual remedies. Health-care facilities suffered poor patronage as a result of these obstacles The study recommended proper overhauling of health-care facilities.
Originality/value
The paper builds a relationship on the reasons for health-care facilities neglect in the rural area in developing countries and revealed unscientific means by which health care needs are realised rural women.
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Acknowledgements
Authors acknowledge the enabling environment provided by the management of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Nigeria to carry out this research. Appreciation is also extends to the people of the study area for cooperation received from them to obtain the data used.
Citation
Adeniyi, L.A., Fatoke, M.T., Adesoye, O.P., Folorunso, S.A. and Lawal, A.A. (2023), "Assessment of women accessibility to health-care facilities in a typical rural local government area in Nigeria", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 282-297. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-06-2021-0054
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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