| A qualitative study about self-medication in the community among market vendors in Fuzhou, China. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21651638 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Despite government efforts to increase healthcare insurance and access in China, many individuals, regardless of insurance status, continue to engage in high levels of self-medication. To understand the factors influencing common self-medication behaviour in a community of food market vendors in Fuzhou China, a total of 30 market vendors were randomly recruited from six food markets in 2007. In-depth interviews were conducted with each participant at their market stalls by trained interviewers using a semi-structured open-ended interview protocol. Participants were asked broad questions about their health-seeking behaviours as well as their past experiences with self-medication and hospital care. ATLAS. ti was used to manage and analyse the interview data. The results showed that hospital-based healthcare services were perceived as better quality. However, self-medication was viewed as more affordable in terms of money and time. Other factors prompting self-medication, included confidence in understanding the health problem, the easy accessibility of local pharmacies and the influences of friends/peers and advertising. Three broad domains, attitude, cost and effectiveness, were all seen to determine past decisions and experiences with self-medication. Interestingly, the effective management of self-medication via pharmacy resources raised particular concern because of perceived variation in quality. In conclusion, self-medication was found to be an important and common health-seeking behaviour driven by multiple factors. A sound and comprehensive public health system should systematically attend to these behaviours and the pharmacies, where much of the behaviour occurs. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Yi Wen; Eli Lieber; Dai Wan; Yuanhao Hong; |
Related Documents
:
|
17724658 - Biorelevant refinement of the caco-2 cell culture model to assess efficacy of paracellu... 21647328 - Medical decision and patient's preference: 'much ethics' and more trust always needed. 7219968 - The reliability of frenzel's glasses and the optimal observation period for routine exp... 11772818 - The use of a human patient simulator in the evaluation of and development of a remedial... 18375678 - The junior doctor as ethically unique. 7919828 - Parents' attitudes to self-medication by their asthmatic children. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-8 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Health & social care in the community Volume: - ISSN: 1365-2524 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-6-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 9306359 Medline TA: Health Soc Care Community Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Affiliation:
|
Center for Community Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Fuzhou, China. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Family members' experiences of personal assistance given to a relative with disabilities.
Next Document: Organisation and delivery of home care re-ablement: what makes a difference?