TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-seeking behavior of people in Indonesia
T2 - A narrative review
AU - Widayanti, Anna Wahyuni
AU - Green, James A.
AU - Heydon, Susan
AU - Norris, Pauline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Atlantis Press International B.V.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - This review aims to locate existing studies on health-seeking behavior of people in Indonesia, identify gaps, and highlight important findings. Articles were retrieved from Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete (via Ebsco), and ProQuest with a number of key words and various combinations. Articles from Indonesian journals were also searched for with Google Scholar. A total of 56 articles from peer-reviewed journal databases and 19 articles from Indonesian journals were reviewed. Quantitative designs were applied more frequently than qualitative, and mixed methods designs were used in some studies. The majority gathered retrospective information about people's behaviors. Communicable diseases and maternity care were the most frequently studied conditions, in contrast to noncommunicable diseases. In terms of geographical distribution, most research was conducted on Java island, with very few in outside Java. Important findings are a model of Indonesian careseeking pathways, an understanding of determinants of people's care choices, and the role of sociocultural beliefs. The findings from this narrative review provide insight to what and how Indonesians make decisions to manage their illness and why. This makes an important contribution to understanding the problem of underutilization of medical services despite the government's extensive efforts to improve accessibility.
AB - This review aims to locate existing studies on health-seeking behavior of people in Indonesia, identify gaps, and highlight important findings. Articles were retrieved from Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete (via Ebsco), and ProQuest with a number of key words and various combinations. Articles from Indonesian journals were also searched for with Google Scholar. A total of 56 articles from peer-reviewed journal databases and 19 articles from Indonesian journals were reviewed. Quantitative designs were applied more frequently than qualitative, and mixed methods designs were used in some studies. The majority gathered retrospective information about people's behaviors. Communicable diseases and maternity care were the most frequently studied conditions, in contrast to noncommunicable diseases. In terms of geographical distribution, most research was conducted on Java island, with very few in outside Java. Important findings are a model of Indonesian careseeking pathways, an understanding of determinants of people's care choices, and the role of sociocultural beliefs. The findings from this narrative review provide insight to what and how Indonesians make decisions to manage their illness and why. This makes an important contribution to understanding the problem of underutilization of medical services despite the government's extensive efforts to improve accessibility.
KW - Concept of health and illness
KW - health-seeking behavior
KW - Indonesia
KW - pathway of seeking care
KW - social determinants of health
KW - traditional medicines
KW - utilization of health care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081965559&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2991/jegh.k.200102.001
DO - 10.2991/jegh.k.200102.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32175705
AN - SCOPUS:85081965559
SN - 2210-6006
VL - 10
SP - 6
EP - 15
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
IS - 1
ER -