Objective To investigate the utilization of health care services among children aged 0－6 in Ganluo County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province, and to investigate parents’ awareness of child health care and analyze its causes.
Methods Eight local management staff, health care and pediatric professionals were selected for interview. Random sampling method was used to select Pingba Township, Haitang Town, Ganluo County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province as research site. Twelve villages were under the jurisdiction of Pingba Township. Finally 10 children’s parents were randomly selected from each village for questionnaire survey. Parents’ knowledge of child health care and service utilization were descriptive analyzed.
Results The survey areas lacked of child health care equipment, facilities and professionals. In terms of vaccination, 95% of parents had their children vaccinated on time, but 35% of them did not know the precautions before and after vaccination. The overall awareness rate of common child health care among parents was 65.15%. Factors such as the number of children in the family, economic status and educational level of parents were associated with parents’ attitudes and participation in child health care.
Conclusion Parents’ utilization of child health care is low, and their child health care literacy needs to be improved at Ganluo County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province. It is necessary to build a stable medical team, improve the allocation of basic equipment for child health care at the grass-roots level, raise parents’ awareness of child health care so as to ensure children’s health.
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