Healthcare providers’ perceptions of cross-border healthcare services utilization: a qualitative inquiry in the Tanzania-Uganda borderlands
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Date
2018
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Bio Accent
Abstract
Available literature on cross-border healthcare services utilization focuses on borders outside the African continent and on the healthcare seekers’ experiences. As such, there is limited understanding of this phenomenon along and across African borders and from the healthcare providers’ perspectives. We conducted a qualitative study in the Tanzania-Uganda borderlands to understand healthcare providers’ perceptions of cross-border healthcare utilization behavior and practices. Findings indicated healthcare providers have been caring for clients from across the border and face different challenges including inhouse and professional standards, policy, laws and treatment guidelines dilemmas. However, healthcare providers have established different ways to minimize the impacts of these challenges. It is concluded border-crossing for healthcare services utilization will increase challenging traditional understanding of public health as state-conined and an important agenda on international health policy debates. It is recommended conduction further multidisciplinary research on cross border healthcare services utilization-related issues to inform efficacious and border regions-friendly health initiatives in Africa.
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Full text article. Also available at https://tinyurl.com/2z24mhaz
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Tanzania-Uganda borderlands, Cross-border healthcare services, Healthcare services utilization, Healthcare services, Healthcare seekers’ experiences, East Africa, Public health, Healthcare providers, Healthcare utilization, Healthcare, Health seeking behavior
Citation
Kamazima, S. R., Ngowi, A. F., Mosha, I. H., & Metta, E. (2018). Healthcare providers' perceptions of cross-border healthcare services utilization: a qualitative inquiry in the Tanzania-Uganda borderlands. BAOJ HIV, 4, 033.