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Integrating health services into microfinance operations for sustainable poverty alleviation: the case of female clients in Edo State
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 purposi...
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| 720 | |a Taiwo, P. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Owumi, B. E. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2014-09 | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 1597-5207 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_taiwo_integrating_2014 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences 12(2), pp. 125-146 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8309 | |
| 653 | |a Microfinance | ||
| 653 | |a Integration of health service | ||
| 653 | |a Health education | ||
| 653 | |a Poverty | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Integrating health services into microfinance operations for sustainable poverty alleviation: the case of female clients in Edo State |