Determinant Factors Related To Family Utilization Of Health Services

Abstract

Health is one of the important elements in human life, so that the utilization of health services is an important factor in determining health. In fact, the utilization of health services has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a primary health concept. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to the utilization of health services by families. This research method uses an analytic observational research design/analytic survey with a cross sectional approach. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling with a total sample of 61 respondents. Bivariate analysis to determine the relationship of each factor using the chi-square test. The results showed that there was no relationship between age and family utilization of health services (p>0.05), there was a relationship between education level and family utilization of health services (p<0.05), there was no relationship between employment status and service utilization. health by the family (p>0.05), and there is no relationship between distance (access) and utilization of health services by the family (p>0.05). In this way, families can take advantage of the nearest health service when they are sick, so that they can find out what disease they are suffering from and get the right treatment/care.