Social change and household acess to healthcare facilities insights from select states in Nigeria
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Healthcare Facilities, Household Acess, Social Change, Social Contact, Tecnhological ChangeResumo
The intricate web of societal structures and community-level interactions profoundly influences health-seeking behaviors and ultimate outcomes across the nation. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to look into social change and household access to healthcare facilities: insights from selected states in Nigeria. Specifically, it examined: the effect of social contact, people need and technological change on household access to healthcare facilities. Cross-sectional research design was adopted with a population of 14700 total population of farmers across the three NGOs. 374 sample size were administered structured questionnaire. PLS-SEM was used to evaluate the data collected. Results showed that technological change has the biggest impact on household access to healthcare facilities (β = 0.301, t = 5.726, p < 0.000), followed by people need (β = 0.205, t = 2.777, p < 0.006), and social contact (β = 206, t = 2.518, p = 0.012). It concluded that social change is significantly vital for household access to healthcare facilities in selected states in Nigeria. It therefore strongly recommended that social contract between farmers, healthcare providers, and government agencies should be established to promote access to quality healthcare and reduce poverty levels among farmers by establishing monitoring mechanisms.
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