PATTERN OF HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN ELDERLY POPULATION

Anita Acharya; Roshan Adhikari; Nirmal Bhusal

doi:10.51649/healer.123

Anita Acharya 1. Assistant Professor, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.
Roshan Adhikari Senior Technical Officer, Health System Strengthening, Rupandehi, Nepal.
Nirmal Bhusal Ph.D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51649/healer.123

Keywords: Health seeking behavior, Elderly Population, Traditional Medicine.

Abstract

Individuals have different opinion regarding willingness to seek help from health care services. Some go readily for treatment, others only when in great pain and in advance state of ill health. Elderly people are more vulnerable group and have different factors influencing the health seeking behavior. The elderly people also have strong faith on the traditional healing systems. The review study yield information about health care seeking behavior of elderly people majority towards Modern medicine /Allopathy but still there are studies which found health care seeking behaviour elderly population significantly on traditional healing system. Apart from financial reasons the trend towards home remedies might be because of the traditional uses, cultural attachments and unavailability of nearest health centre. So there is definitely a need for establishment of provision of health care services of different systems for elderly population.

KEY WORDS: Health seeking behavior, Elderly Population, Traditional Medicine.

Author Biographies

Anita Acharya, 1. Assistant Professor, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.

Assistant Professor, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal.

Roshan Adhikari, Senior Technical Officer, Health System Strengthening, Rupandehi, Nepal.

Senior Technical Officer, Health System Strengthening, Rupandehi, Nepal.