The impact of religious beliefs on the quality of health care provided to women in Zimbabwe A case of marange apostolic women Prisca Mukaka; Supervisor: Hikmet Seçim
Dil: İngilizce Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia Cyprus International University 2018Tanım: IX, 100 p. figure, table 30.5 cmİçerik türü:- text
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CIU LIBRARY Tez Koleksiyonu | Tez Koleksiyonu | YL 1405 M95 2018 (Rafa gözat(Aşağıda açılır)) | Kullanılabilir | Healthcare Organization Management Department | T1548 |
Includes references (86-93 p.)
'ABSTRACT The main goal of this study is to examine the impact of religious beliefs on the quality of health care services provided to apostolic women in Zimbabwe. The study aims to evaluate the relationship between health care workers and the apostolic women, how the attitudes of the workers affect the quality of health care services that is provided in Zimbabwe. Qualitative analysis was used in order to clearly relate the influence of religious beliefs on women’s behavior towards the health care services they receive. Interviews were conducted with the apostolic women as the respondents and the health care workers as key informants. The interviewers were conducted within the two group so that the results will not be biased to one group, so the responses from the provider of service and the receiver will help in having a satisfactory conclusion on the impact of religious beliefs. The apostolic women have been recorded as conservative towards health care utilization however with the changing times and technology the study was able to show how these women are revolving from their beliefs in favor of the health care system. The study confirmed that religion has influence on the quality of health care received by the apostolic women. It was also clearly indicated in the results that the attitudes of the health care workers towards the apostolic women is associated with their religion. A better understanding of the beliefs will assist health care professionals and nurses in their participation for the planning and implementing culture congruent health care services. This study confirms that religion has a great impact in influencing the quality of health care services received .However ,besides religion there are other factors that influence the quality of health care in Zimbabwe. For example the current economic situation makes it difficult for the health care system to be clearly functional. A better understanding of the beliefs will assist health care professionals and nurses in their participation for the planning and implementing culture congruent health care services.'