Misconceptions and negative beliefs might hinder seeking care for women with obstetric fistula.
For instance, Peltzer, Mngqundaniso and Petros [ 7] found among a South African sample that smoking, mosquito bites etc. were considered to be causes of TB and these hindered seeking early treatment.
(SSI, Key informant mental health service consumer) "...You find that stigma not only hinders seeking help, but it really tortures the patient a lot.
But Egyptian officials made it clear on Thursday that while Egypt would not hinder Palestinians seeking food and other goods, it would not accept a lawless border, open to arms traffic and unregulated travel of gunmen and political extremists.
But if Trump succeeds in his determination to repeal the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, which brought health insurance to millions more Americans, it will hinder those seeking affordable treatment programs.
Another HUD official warned that the set-aside for Beverly Hills would hinder minorities seeking public housing because of the city's small minority population.
Moreover, these findings suggest important areas for future investigation regarding the receipt of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders, including the influence of psychological distress, impairments in functioning, and social norms that support or hinder treatment seeking, and how these factors operate differentially for men and women of varying sexual orientations.
The feeling of being hindered when seeking for a second opinion led to stress among family members.
In a large-scale representative population survey Schomerus et al. [ 4] found contrary to expectations, anticipated discrimination from others was unrelated to help-seeking intentions, while personal discriminatory attitudes seem to hinder help-seeking.
There is poor knowledge on what the barriers are that hinder employees to seek attention for an occupational disease and to turn to a physician, such as fear for adverse consequences.
