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### **Factors Related to Health Service Utilization among Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums of Jaipur, India**

#### **Rajnish Ranjan Prasad** IIHMR University, Bhopal, India

This study aimed to determine the factors associated with healthcare service utilization among adolescent girls in urban slums in Jaipur, India. A cross-sectional study of 417 adolescent girls was conducted.

Descriptive statistics, Chi-square, and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the data and determine the factors associated with healthcare service utilization. Only 48% of girls with health problems visited healthcare facilities for treatment. A total of 69% delayed treatment three or more days after the onset of symptoms, and 86% first tried remedies available at home. Girl's education (AOR= 2.7; 95% CI=0.65-8.57), mother's education (AOR= 3.43; 95% CI=1.2-9.96), father's income (AOR=2.2; 95% CI= 0.76- 5.32), mother's income (AOR= 3.67; 95% CI=1.03-11.18), and counseling by field health workers (AOR= 3.23; 95% CI=1.18-7.89) were factors significantly associated with utilization of health services. Girls cited parental neglect of their health, insufficient funds, lack of privacy, and inconvenient assessment times at health facilities as major barriers. The study shows that the utilization of facility-based health services among adolescent girls is low, and there is a significant postponement in visiting health facilities after the onset of symptoms. There is a need to create community-level awareness, improve outreach by field health workers, and ensure privacy in healthcare facilities.


Rajnish Ranjan Prasad

IIHMR University

#### Introduction


### Findings

### Methodology


#### Results

a. Only 48.2% of girls with health problems visited healthcare facilities

for treatment.


*Association between health service utilization and independent variables (chi-square and binary logistic regression).*

#### Conclusions

