The primary reasons reported for not investigating foodborne disease outbreaks are limited staff and delayed reporting of the outbreak.
Our study results corroborated this literature, as the primary reasons reported by girls for dropping out of school were marriage and/or pregnancy, in addition to lack of money for school-related supplies (uniforms, books, meals).
11 The primary reasons reported for the patient not receiving treatment were lack of money (35.3%), uncertainty about the patient's illness (29.5%), the patient refusing to accept drug treatment (18.6%), and having no relatives to care for the patient (14.7%).
The primary reasons reported for having difficulty attending the group education sessions were: health problems, other commitments including taking care of family members or work, weather, medical appointments, and difficulties in communication with study participants because of changes in contact information.
The primary reasons reported by caregivers who did not use services from the HEW at the health post (N = 2,060) for not using this source for their child's illness are presented in Figure 2. The most common response to this question related to perceptions that the child's illness was not serious enough to go to the health post.
In all countries, the primary reason women reported for starting to smoke was because their friends smoked (62.3%).
The development of relationships with other medical students and the physicians at the rural sites was the primary reason participants reported not feeling isolated: Well yes and no.
Among those who had never reported a notifiable disease, the primary reason for not reporting was never having seen a case of a notifiable disease (51/78, 65%), followed by a reported lack of infrastructure/reporting system (8/78, 10%) and not knowing how/to whom to report this information (6/78, 8%).> -wrap-foot> *Outcomes were compared by years of experience through Chi-squared test.
However, about 38% of respondents expressed no confidence in a 'no penalty' policy regarding reported errors, which was also the primary reason for not reporting self-errors.
The primary reason for not reporting was that an AEFI was never observed, the respondents did not know reporting was expected, the event did not seem serious enough or respondents were not aware of reporting procedures.
