title: Assessment of accessibility and utilization of paediatric health care services at Elhassahisa Locality, Gezira State, Sudan.
abstract: This study was conducted at EIhassahisa Locality, Gezira State in Sudan in order to assess the accessibility to health care services available in the area for children. A cross-sectional household survey was performed. The study population included families that live in the locality. A sample of 1186 household was included in the study. The households were selected by using cluster sampling technique. Data was collected from one or both parents in the selected households through in person interviews. Data was computed and analyzed by SPSS software, frequencies and proportions were calculated. There are 162 health facilities in the study area, in which all categories of health cadre provide the health services. 962 (81.1%) of the families admitted that they do not have regular access to health care services. Although the study area was found to be packed with large number of health facilities, still the accessibility rate remains low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alzeiena Alazhar, University, Box 143, Khartoum North 13311. delsayed2@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dya E M
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.forename: Samira H A
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Elamin
authors.forename: Kamal E M
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ballah
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011159:Population Surveillance; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013397:Sudan