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Selecting therapies in Benin: making choices between informal, formal, private and public health services

[journal article]

Klein, Thamar

Abstract

"This paper addresses a distinctive feature in Benin’s health care system. Even though the latest figures state that 83% of the population have access to governmental health facilities, only 36% of the population make use of them. Thus governmental health facilities are extremely under-utilized. ... view more

"This paper addresses a distinctive feature in Benin’s health care system. Even though the latest figures state that 83% of the population have access to governmental health facilities, only 36% of the population make use of them. Thus governmental health facilities are extremely under-utilized. Where does this rejecting attitude come from and what kinds of health institutions are used instead? The present study explores this peculiarity and analyses the criteria for therapeutic itineraries in central Benin. A gendered focus shifts the evidence from ‘the’ Beninese population to gendered perspectives of male and female residents. The findings are based on 22 months of qualitative fieldwork and a large quantitative database obtained from 839 participants in central Benin." (author's abstract)... view less


"Der Beitrag befasst sich mit einem spezifischen Phänomen in Benins Gesundheitssystem. Obwohl inzwischen 83% der Bevölkerung Zugang zur staatlichen Gesundheitsversorgung haben, wird diese nur von 36% der Bevölkerung genutzt. Die staatliche Gesundheitsversorgung ist damit deutlich unterfrequentier... view more

"Der Beitrag befasst sich mit einem spezifischen Phänomen in Benins Gesundheitssystem. Obwohl inzwischen 83% der Bevölkerung Zugang zur staatlichen Gesundheitsversorgung haben, wird diese nur von 36% der Bevölkerung genutzt. Die staatliche Gesundheitsversorgung ist damit deutlich unterfrequentiert. Woraus resultiert diese ablehnende Haltung beziehungsweise die Präferenz für andere medizinische Dienstleister_innen? Die vorliegende Studie untersucht diese Besonderheit und geht den Nutzungskriterien der Bevölkerung Zentral-Benins nach. Durch eine geschlechtsspezifische Sichtweise wird der Fokus von ‘der’ beninischen Bevölkerung auf die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven von Frauen und Männern gelenkt. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie basieren auf 22 Monaten qualitativer Feldforschung in Zentral-Benin und einem großen statistisch repräsentativen Regionalsurvey mit 839 Teilnehmerinnen." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
private sector; health care delivery system; health care; utilization; medicine; public health care delivery system; anthropology; Benin; gender-specific factors; traditional society; West Africa; developing country

Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Health Policy

Free Keywords
medical anthropology; therapy management; health access

Document language
English

Publication Year
2007

Page/Pages
p. 461-481

Journal
Afrika Spectrum, 42 (2007) 3

Issue topic
Informal institutions and development in Africa

ISSN
0002-0397

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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