Factors associated with mothers’ health care‑seeking behaviours for childhood fever in Burkina Faso: Findings from repeated cross‑sectional household surveys
Abstract
Fever is one of the most frequent reasons for paediatric consultations in Burkina Faso, but health careseeking
behaviours and the factors associated with health care-seeking in the event of childhood fever are poorly
documented. This study aims to analyse the health care-seeking behaviours and the factors associated with health
care-seeking for childhood fever in Burkina Faso. This study used the data from the baseline and endline surveys conducted to evaluate the impact of the
Performance-Based Financing program in Burkina Faso. Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses
were used to identify the factors associated with appropriate healthcare-seeking for childhood fever. Odds ratios were
estimated to assess the strength of associations and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used for significance tests.
Data were cleaned, coded and analysed using Stata software version 16.1.