A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023
Barriers to accessing healthcare services are the major public health concern among tea workers. They are at high health risk due to the unavailability of essential healthcare services. To provide insight into this public health concern, I conducted a cross-sectional study to assess access to hea...
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| author | Kairi, Suchona Rani |
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| description | Barriers to accessing healthcare services are the major public health concern among tea
workers. They are at high health risk due to the unavailability of essential healthcare services. To
provide insight into this public health concern, I conducted a cross-sectional study to assess access to
healthcare services among tea workers in Bangladesh. I interviewed 252 tea workers using a
semi-structured questionnaire in two tea gardens. For this study, 18 years and above age groups of
both male and female tea workers were chosen using cluster sampling. I estimated the prevalence
and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Categorical variables were presented as frequencies and 95% CI.
The mean age group from the total sample size is 38.12 ± 11.836. Out of 252 participants, most do
not have formal educational qualifications. Around 83% of tea workers' individual income is more
than 4000 BDT. During the survey, around 45% of participants had health issues, the majority of
them have non-communicable diseases, and the rest of them have infectious diseases. Arthritis
problems were more common. Almost all of the participants received health services from Company
Clinic/hospital. More than half of them stated that hospitals did not meet their needs. Almost 40%
were unsatisfied with Company's health service. According to participants' statements, providing
good quality medicine and increasing the number of skilled doctors and nurses could improve the tea
workers' condition. Health services in the tea garden community need to be more accessible and
effective. Lack of medicine supplements, unavailability of essential health care services, and tea
garden workers are at high health risk. Additional support/strategies are required to address this
issue. |
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| spelling | 123456789-5162026-02-18T06:09:50Z A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 Kairi, Suchona Rani Health care services, Tea Garden workers, Unavailability, Satisfaction, Health status, Health-seeking behavior, Bangladesh Barriers to accessing healthcare services are the major public health concern among tea workers. They are at high health risk due to the unavailability of essential healthcare services. To provide insight into this public health concern, I conducted a cross-sectional study to assess access to healthcare services among tea workers in Bangladesh. I interviewed 252 tea workers using a semi-structured questionnaire in two tea gardens. For this study, 18 years and above age groups of both male and female tea workers were chosen using cluster sampling. I estimated the prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Categorical variables were presented as frequencies and 95% CI. The mean age group from the total sample size is 38.12 ± 11.836. Out of 252 participants, most do not have formal educational qualifications. Around 83% of tea workers' individual income is more than 4000 BDT. During the survey, around 45% of participants had health issues, the majority of them have non-communicable diseases, and the rest of them have infectious diseases. Arthritis problems were more common. Almost all of the participants received health services from Company Clinic/hospital. More than half of them stated that hospitals did not meet their needs. Almost 40% were unsatisfied with Company's health service. According to participants' statements, providing good quality medicine and increasing the number of skilled doctors and nurses could improve the tea workers' condition. Health services in the tea garden community need to be more accessible and effective. Lack of medicine supplements, unavailability of essential health care services, and tea garden workers are at high health risk. Additional support/strategies are required to address this issue. 2025-07-10T12:06:24Z 2025-07-10T12:06:24Z 2023-05 Thesis https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/516 en application/pdf AUW |
| spellingShingle | Health care services, Tea Garden workers, Unavailability, Satisfaction, Health status, Health-seeking behavior, Bangladesh Kairi, Suchona Rani A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title | A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title_full | A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title_fullStr | A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title_short | A senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2023 |
| title_sort | senior thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of bachelor of science in public health 2023 |
| topic | Health care services, Tea Garden workers, Unavailability, Satisfaction, Health status, Health-seeking behavior, Bangladesh |
| url | https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/516 |
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