Barriers to healthcare access: a multilevel analysis of individual- and community-level factors affecting female youths' access to healthcare services in Senegal
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Healthcare access for female youth in Senegal is significantly hindered by lack of education, poverty, and no health insurance. Addressing these barriers requires targeted educational and economic empowerment strategies.
Area Of Science
- Public Health
- Health Services Research
- Sociology
Background
- Female youth in Senegal exhibit lower utilization of preventive and curative healthcare services.
- Factors influencing this disparity include language barriers, autonomy, socioeconomic status, and education levels, with limited existing evidence from Senegal.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the prevalence and determinants of healthcare access barriers among female youth in Senegal.
Main Methods
- Utilized data from the 2023 Senegal Demographic and Health Survey (n=7,107).
- Employed multilevel logistic regression to analyze individual and community-level factors associated with healthcare access barriers.
- Calculated adjusted odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) to determine significant associations.
Main Results
- The prevalence of healthcare access barriers among female youth was 69.40%.
- Significant barriers were associated with no formal education (AOR=2.11), primary education (AOR=1.98), secondary education (AOR=1.54), lack of health insurance (AOR=1.42), living in poor households (AOR=2.77), being unmarried (AOR=1.47), and residing in high-poverty communities (AOR=1.87).
Conclusions
- Improving healthcare access necessitates enhancing educational opportunities, economic empowerment, and health insurance coverage for female youth in Senegal.
- Tailored support programs are crucial for unmarried female youth.
- Community-level interventions addressing poverty and socioeconomic conditions are essential for sustainable and equitable healthcare access.
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