Publication: Barriers and facilitators to neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours in rural Cambodia: a qualitative study
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2020-07-12
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20446055
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BMJ open. Vol.10, No.7 (2020), e035449
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Gabriella Watson, Kaajal Patel, Daly Leng, Dary Vanna, Sophanou Khut, Manila Prak, Claudia Turner Barriers and facilitators to neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours in rural Cambodia: a qualitative study. BMJ open. Vol.10, No.7 (2020), e035449. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035449 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/58063
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Barriers and facilitators to neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours in rural Cambodia: a qualitative study
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. OBJECTIVES: Neonatal mortality remains persistently high in low-income and middle-income countries. In Cambodia, there is a paucity of data on the perception of neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours at the community level. This study aimed to identify influencers of neonatal health and healthcare-seeking behaviour in a rural Cambodian province. DESIGN: A qualitative study using focus group discussions and thematic content analysis. SETTING: Four health centres in a rural province of Northern Cambodia. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-four focus group discussions were conducted with 85 community health workers in 2019. RESULTS: Community health workers recognised an improvement in neonatal health over time. Key influencers to neonatal health were identified as knowledge, sociocultural behaviours, finances and transport, provision of care and healthcare engagement. Most influencers acted as both barriers and facilitators, with the exception of finances and transport that only acted as a barrier, and healthcare engagement that acted as a facilitator. CONCLUSION: Understanding health influencers and care-seeking behaviours is recognised to facilitate appropriate community health programmes. Key influencers and care-seeking behaviours have been identified from rural Cambodia adding to the current literature. Where facilitators have already been established, they should be used as building blocks for continued change.