[ Déterminants de la mise en place d’une mutuelle de santé dans la cité de Lubero (Province du Nord-Kivu en République démocratique du Congo) ]
Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 905–916
Kakule Sivihwa Amos1, Kambale Karafuli Léopold2, and Kabuyaya Mwanamulere Osée3
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières de Kirumba (ISEAVF-Kirumba), RD Congo
2 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL Goma), RD Congo
3 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL Butembo), RD Congo
Original language: French
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The goal of this study is to identify factors promoting a community mutual health insurance creation in Lubero town. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study that was conducted among 384 household’s chiefs. To collect data, we used questionnaire technique and group discussion with the key informants of Lubero Town. The results of this study show that: the quality health care offered to the population by the existing health structures, the population awareness of community mutual health insurance guidelines are social factors of its formation in Lubero town. Then, economic development dynamics, real and priority need, household income, joining will, contribution intentions and members’ willingness to fund are economic factors promoting creation of a community mutual health insurance in Lubero town. Finally, democratically elected association managers, regular meetings, administrative documents, proper finances management, layout of health accommodations to receive mutual members are institutional factors that promote its creation in Lubero town.
Author Keywords: social factors, economic factors, institutional factors, membership.
Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 905–916
Kakule Sivihwa Amos1, Kambale Karafuli Léopold2, and Kabuyaya Mwanamulere Osée3
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières de Kirumba (ISEAVF-Kirumba), RD Congo
2 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL Goma), RD Congo
3 Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL Butembo), RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The goal of this study is to identify factors promoting a community mutual health insurance creation in Lubero town. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study that was conducted among 384 household’s chiefs. To collect data, we used questionnaire technique and group discussion with the key informants of Lubero Town. The results of this study show that: the quality health care offered to the population by the existing health structures, the population awareness of community mutual health insurance guidelines are social factors of its formation in Lubero town. Then, economic development dynamics, real and priority need, household income, joining will, contribution intentions and members’ willingness to fund are economic factors promoting creation of a community mutual health insurance in Lubero town. Finally, democratically elected association managers, regular meetings, administrative documents, proper finances management, layout of health accommodations to receive mutual members are institutional factors that promote its creation in Lubero town.
Author Keywords: social factors, economic factors, institutional factors, membership.
Abstract: (french)
L’objectif de cette étude est de déterminer les facteurs favorisant la mise en place d’une mutuelle de santé communautaire dans la cité de Lubero. Il s’agit d’une étude descriptive et transversale qui a été menée auprès de 384 chefs de ménages. Pour récolter les données, nous avons recouru à la technique du questionnaire et de guide de discussion avec les informateurs clés de la cité de Lubero. Les résultats ont montré que : le service de santé de qualité offert à la population par les structures sanitaires existantes, la connaissance des principes d’une mutuelle de santé par la population sont des facteurs sociaux favorables à la mise en place d’une mutuelle de santé communautaire en cité de Lubero. Ensuite, la dynamique de développement économique, le besoin réel et prioritaire, le revenu des ménages, la volonté d’adhérer, les intentions de cotisation et la disposition à payer des adhérents sont des facteurs économiques favorables à la mise en place d’une mutuelle de santé dans la cité de Lubero. En fin, l’existence des gestionnaires des associations élus démocratiquement, les tenues régulières de la réunion, la présence des documents administratifs, la bonne gestion des finances, la disposition des structures à recevoir les mutualistes sont des facteurs institutionnels qui favorisent la mise en place d’une mutuelle de santé communautaire en cité de Lubero.
Author Keywords: facteurs sociaux, facteurs économiques, facteurs institutionnelles, adhésion.
How to Cite this Article
Kakule Sivihwa Amos, Kambale Karafuli Léopold, and Kabuyaya Mwanamulere Osée, “Determinants based on a setting health mutual in Lubero town (Province of North Kivu in Democratic Republic of the Congo),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 905–916, April 2023.
