Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Year : 2022, Volume : 12, Issue : 4
First page : ( 184) Last page : ( 192)
Online ISSN : 2249-7315.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2249-7315.2022.00142.3

The four-tiered health system and help-seeking behaviour of young people in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe

Chizhande Innocent¹

¹Adventist University of Africa, Kenya, Harare, Zimbabwe, Email id: chizhandei@aua.ac.ke

Online Published on 24 May, 2022.

Abstract

Health service provision proved to be the responsibility of three providers-medical, traditional healers, and the church. The state of mental health in Zimbabwe is dire, with one in four mentally ill. The service provision from the medical side is in a sorry state with only nine mental hospitals with only two having psychiatrists. It was prudent to understand the help-seeking behaviour of young people concerning the various service providers. Young people cannot not seek help. The matter comes as to where they get the assistance. The church has a critical role in improving and maintaining the mental well-being of its young people. The church has instead remained divorced from the mental well-being of young people and concentrated on spirituality alone. Mudzi District proved to have a four-tiered health system instead of three-the social, medical, traditional, and spiritual.

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Keywords

Health, Four-Tiered, Three-Tiered, System, Help-Seeking, Behaviour.

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