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Title: | Integrating health services into microfinance operations for sustainable poverty alleviation: the case of female clients in Edo State |
Authors: | Taiwo, P. A. Owumi, B. E. |
Keywords: | Microfinance Integration of health service Health education Poverty |
Issue Date: | Sep-2014 |
Abstract: | Microfinance role in women empowerment and poverty alleviation has received a lot of focus with negligible attention on health implications. This paper focuses on microfinance and health- integration services as pathway for sustainable poverty alleviation, using cross-sectional survey of 750 purposively selected respondents (400 from micro finance banks (MBs) with integrated health-related services (IHS) and 350from MBs without IMS in Benin, Ugbowo, Iruekpen, Auchi, Jattu and Ekpoma. Fourteen In-depth interviews and 20 Key Informant Interviews were conducted. Respondents (60.3%) from MBs with IHS, who attached high importance to their health, doubled those from MBs without IHS (30.3%). IHS enabled client:: practice preventive health behaviour and payment for health services. IHS helps women value their health and reduces health-risks. MBs should be encouraged and funded to integrate health-related services in their operations. |
URI: | http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8309 |
ISSN: | 1597-5207 |
Appears in Collections: | scholarly works |
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