Knowledge and Access to Primary Health Care Information Among Women in Rural Setting

Abstract

Primary health care center offer professional medical care for individuals based on a locality or community before shifting them to more advance hospital-based care.Unfortunately, few studies exist on Knowledge and access to primary health care information among women in rural area in developing countries.This study adopted interpretative paradigm and collected qualitative data using Dervin Sense-Making theory approach.The collected data were analyzed using inductive analytical processes.Findings revealed that knowledge about primary health care center were received through informal relations and they were told not to access or visited primary health care center due to poor health facilities, unprofessional health workers and early closing hours.