Table 1.

Main categories and subcategories of obstacles

Categories	Subcategories
Lack of trust to the rural health workers	Lack of acceptability of rural health workers/cultural dissimilarities
	Lack of trust in the competence of rural health workers as a health educator
	Inability of rural health workers to communicate with villagers
Adherence to neighbourhood social networks in seeking health information	Adherence to neighbourhood social networks in seeking health information
Lack of understanding on the importance of health education	Giving low priority to health needs
	Too emphasis on livelihood needs