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: Received: 22 March 2024 / Approved: 25 March 2024 / Online: 26 March 2024 (08:04:50 CET)
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EKHAESE, E.N.; NDIMAKO, O.O. Users’ Psycho-Social and Socio-Economic Characteristics in an Inclusive Health Resort Design, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Preprints2024, 2024031531. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1531.v1
EKHAESE, E.N.; NDIMAKO, O.O. Users’ Psycho-Social and Socio-Economic Characteristics in an Inclusive Health Resort Design, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Preprints 2024, 2024031531. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1531.v1
EKHAESE, E.N.; NDIMAKO, O.O. Users’ Psycho-Social and Socio-Economic Characteristics in an Inclusive Health Resort Design, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Preprints2024, 2024031531. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1531.v1
APA Style
EKHAESE, E.N., & NDIMAKO, O.O. (2024). Users’ Psycho-Social and Socio-Economic Characteristics in an Inclusive Health Resort Design, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1531.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
EKHAESE, E.N. and Onyedikachukwu O NDIMAKO. 2024 "Users’ Psycho-Social and Socio-Economic Characteristics in an Inclusive Health Resort Design, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1531.v1
Abstract
Health comprises physical, mental and social dimensions whose interactions influence users’ experiences. Health experiences are within the context of environments. These contexts are definitive contributors to experiences – primarily because of the link to social dimensions as human beings - psychological and economic. Therefore, the study aims to investigate health resort users’ psycho-social and socio-economic characteristics to improve their access to quality healthcare. The objectives are identifying the socio-economic characteristics of an inclusive health resort, analysing the psycho-social characteristics of the inclusive health resort user, and analysing the effects of users’ psycho-social and socio-economic characteristics on their access to healthcare. The study employs the mixed research method (qualitative and quantitative). The researchers engaged in a pragmatic research philosophy that underscores positivist and interpretivist paradigms. The data collection instruments include survey questionnaires, an interview guide with a digital recorder, a direct participant observation schedule, field notes and photographs. The data analysis process involves the clustering and categorisation of data and examining concepts and themes. The research findings show a correlation between the users’ socio-economic status and access to quality healthcare in an inclusive health resort. The result further reveals that psycho-social and socio-economic characteristics of health resort users are quality healthcare access predictors. Therefore, the users’ social, psychological, and economic status should play a vital role in the design of an inclusive health resort by all stakeholders.
Keywords
Health seeker' Behaviour; User Psycho-social Characteristics; Socio-economic Characteristics; Health Resort Design; Social Factors
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Architecture
Copyright:
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