Table 4.
Age-stratified Healthcare Seeking Behavior for Diarrhea Among Populations in Shashemene Town and Shashemene Woreda
| Healthcare Options | Age Groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST (n=327)a | 0 < 5 y N = 122 n (% of N) ± SE |
5 < 15 y N = 153 n (% of N) ± SE |
15 < 18 y N = 52 n (% of N) ± SE |
Adultsb 18 y and above N = 426 n (% of N) ± SE |
| ECCP-HCFc | 91 (74.59) ± 6.46 | 122 (79.74) ± 5.15 | 41 (78.85) ± 9.02 | 312 (73.24) ± 3.54 |
| Other-HCFd | 16 (13.11) ± 11.94 | 23 (15.03) ± 10.54 | 8 (15.38) ± 18.04 | 68 (15.96) ± 6.28 |
| Physician | 10 (8.20) ± 12.27 | 6 (3.92) ± 11.21 | 2 (3.85) ± 19.24 | 25 (5.87) ± 6.65 |
| Pharmacy | 3 (2.46) ± 12.65 | 2 (1.31) ± 11.37 | 1 (1.92) ± 19.41 | 20 (4.69) ± 6.69 |
| Traditional healer | 2 (1.64) ± 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.23) ± 6.77 |
| Nowhere: self-treatment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nowhere: nothing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SW (n=364)a | 0 < 5 y N = 175 n (% of N) ± SE |
5 < 15 y N = 149 n (% of N) ± SE |
15 < 18 y N = 40 n (% of N) ± SE |
Adultsb 18 y and above N = 435 n (% of N) ± SE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECCP-HCFc | 143 (81.71) ± 4.57 | 131 (87.92) ± 4.02 | 29 (72.50) ± 11.72 | 329 (75.63) ± 3.34 |
| Other-HCFd | 19 (10.86) ± 10.1 | 13 (8.72) ± 11.07 | 6 (15.00) ± 20.61 | 58 (13.33) ± 6.31 |
| Physician | 10 (5.71) ± 10.38 | 4 (2.68) ± 11.42 | 4 (10.00) ± 21.21 | 44 (10.11) ± 6.43 |
| Pharmacy | 3 (1.71) ± 10.59 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.46) ± 6.77 |
| Traditional healer | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.50) ± 22.08 | 1 (0.23) ± 6.77 |
| Nowhere: self-treatment | 0 | 1 (0.67) ± 11.54 | 0 | 1 (0.23) ± 6.77 |
| Nowhere: nothing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviations: ECCP, Ethiopia Cholera Control and Prevention Project; HCF, Healthcare Facility; SE, Standard Error; ST, Shashemene Town; SW, Shashemene Woreda.
aTotal number of households (HHs) with responses for children under 18 years of age was 327 in ST and 364 in SW based on the verified results. The results for the adults are derived from a separate question and not same as that for the children (different denominators).
bThe results for the adults are derived from a separate question and not same as that for the children.
cHealthcare facilities (health centers, hospitals, and private clinics) included in the sentinel HCF-based cholera and diarrhoea disease surveillance under the Ethiopia Cholera Control and Prevention (ECCP) project.
dHealthcare facilities other than ECCP sentinel HCFs.