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A cross sectional study to find out the health seeking behaviour of brick kiln workers

Background This study was designed to assess the factors associated with the health seeking behaviour of brick kiln workers and to acquire an in depth understanding of their health.

Methods 420 brick kiln workers who were eligible for the study were interviewed using a semi structured, pre-designed, pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaire. Statistical analysis used: SPSS version 20.

Results 48.9% showed good health seeking behavior while 51.1% showed poor health seeking behavior. 69.4% more than 40 years, 38.2% in the age group of 26-40 years and 40.2% in the age group of 18-25 years showed good health seeking behaviour.

Conclusions Good health seeking behavior was seen in older age groups, females and bigaaris.