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Unpacking the role of transport inequalities among older adults for accessing healthcare in Bengaluru, India.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Jan2023, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Mobility, access to transport and healthcare play a crucial part in healthy ageing. However, these often posechallenges for older adults in the global South. This study applies the three concepts of 'motility' (access, competence and appropriation), to explore transport inequalities and barriers to access healthcare services for older adults in Bengaluru, India. The paper draws on interviews with sixty adults, aged 50 years and over, residing in urban Bengaluru. A semi-structured in-depth interview guide was employed to explore the transport inequalities. Applying thematic analysis, we present the mobility and transport barriers to access healthcare. Restricted access to healthcare services due to unavailable and unaffordable transportation resulted in missed appointments, delayed care and deterioration of health conditions. To cope with the barriers, older adults often visited less specialised clinics for regular check-ups and those with financial constraints resorted to self-medication. These actions further deteriorated health and led to adverse health outcomes. Our findings suggest that integrated health and transport policies must be designed to ensure equitable access to transportation services. Enabling older adults to have more independent lives and improve access to preventive healthcare is essential for better health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH services accessibility
ACTIVE aging
MEDICAL care for older people
RESEARCH methodology
TRANSPORTATION of patients
INTERVIEWING
POPULATION geography
SELF medication
PREVENTIVE health services
SEX distribution
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
BODY movement
RESEARCH funding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
THEMATIC analysis
ADVERSE health care events
INTEGRATED health care delivery
OLDER people with disabilities
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174160616
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2274438