Determinants of Care-Seeking Practices for Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria.
Oladele Simeon OlatunyaAdefunke Olarinre BabatolaAdewuyi Temidayo AdeniyiOlubunmi Adeola LawalAlaba Olanrewaju DaramolaTosin Anthony AgbesanwaTemitope Olumuyiwa OjoPaul Oladapo AjayiAdeleke Ajayi IbijolaAkinwumi Kolawole KomolafeAdekunle AdekilePublished in: Journal of blood medicine (2021)
SCD patients in the study locality had poor HSB. This raises the need for their education on proper HSB. More enrollment into health insurance scheme and the prevention of VOC will lessen the burden of poor HSB. The high patronage of non-hospital care facilities in this study raises the need for stakeholders to monitor activities and train the operators at these informal care centres.