Exploring Health-Seeking Behavior among Parents of Newborns with Hearing Impairment: A Study Protocol

Beenish Malik, Basharat Hussain, Novel Lyndon, Muhammad Usman Chishti

Abstract

Hearing impairment has frequently been identified as a serious health issue among newborns. If it is not identified and addressed, it can have an adverse effect on language development, emotional health, quality of life, academic performance, and financial independence at various stages of life. To diagnose hearing impairment in newborns, universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) is now accepted as a standard medical procedure. However, the low follow-up rates have been reported in countries like Saudi Arabia. Hence, this study seeks to explain parental health-seeking behavior and factors related to non-compliance with follow-up using the health belief model (HBM).

 

Keywords: hearing impairment, newborns, health-seeking behavior, health belief model.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55463/hkjss.issn.1021-3619.61.54


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