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. 2024 Oct 9;24:2749. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20211-7

Table 3.

Summary of Factors Affecting Health Seeking Behaviour (HSB) of prostitutes

Predisposing factors Enabling factors Need factors Health seeking behaviour
Socio-demographic
Age Gender Marital Status Occupation Religion Cultural Household wealth Educational High fee/Insurance Access to facility Woman’s Autonomy Illness stutus Illness sevierity Type/facilty Check-up Service use
1 Baral et al (2012) [35]
2 Boateng D. P. (2016) [8]
3 Baafuor Opou (2015)
4 Bekker et al (2015) [37]
5 Choi & Holroyd (2007) [46]
6 Elmore-Meegan M. et al (2004) [47]
7 Gbagbo & Gbagbo (2021) [9]
8 Gezie et al (2015) [38]
9 Ghimire et al (2011) [50]
10 Gysels etal (2002) [54]
11 Ito et al (2018) [44]
12 Izugbara (2012) [34]
13 Mahapatra (2013) [39]
14 Matovu & Ssebadduka (2012) [40]
15 Nkrumah W. K. (2020) [10]
16 Obiageri O. A (2013) [55]
17 Izugbara C. O. (2005) [48]
18 Pickering et al (1993) [45]
19 Pope Cynthia (2005) [4]
20 Savva Helen (2013) [36]
21 Scheibe et al (2012) [42]
22 Scorgie et al (2013) [26]
23 Sekoni et al (2013) [43]
24 Sutherland et al (2011) [51]
25 Vijayakumar et al (2019) [49]
26 Walden et al (1999) [52]