Socio-economic status and health seeking behaviour of civil servants in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria
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Socio-economic, status, health, behaviour and civil servants.Abstract
The main thrust of the paper is to examine socio-economic status and health seeking behaviour of civil servants in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. Health-seeking Behaviors (HSB) are closely linked with the health status of a nation, and thus its economic development. The paper explores the interplay between access to health insurance and religious belief as it relates to health seeking behaviour of civil servants. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used as the theoretical framework in the study. The cross-sectional survey was adopted as the research design. The sample size for the study consists of one hundred (100) respondents working in Odukpani council secretariat and the samples were taken through Cochran's sample determination size. Likert Scale Questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection and the data were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation analysis. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The finding revealed that access to health insurance and religious belief positively affect health seeking behaviour. Based on the findings, it was recommended that comprehensive health insurance policies should be available and accessible to all civil servants, covering contractual and temporary employees. Religious leaders and organizations should promote health education and services that align with religious beliefs of civil servants.Downloads
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