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Health-Seeking Behavior in The Case of Vaginal Discharge in Women Living in Rural Areas Objective: This research was conducted to determine the behavior of women living in rural areas in terms of seeking healthcare in the event of vaginal discharge and the reasons that hindered their seeking healthcare.Methods: The study was carried out in a rural area overseen by a community health center. Using the method of random sampling, 438 women participated in the study. Data were collected by the researchers using a data collection form inspired by a scan of the literature. Percentages, means and chi-square tests were used in the evaluation. Results: The mean age of the women recruited into the study was 32.1±8.2 and the majority was in the 25-29 age group. The percentage of women presenting at the health center was noticeably high but a portion of these women either never made use of or never completed the treatment recommended by the physician. The reasons the women did not apply to the health center in the event of vaginal discharge were their thinking that the discharge would disappear by itself, economic rationales, lack of time, transportation difficulties, feeling embarrassed, household responsibilities, ignorance and the indifference of health professionals.Conclusions: No significant relationship was found between the women's seeking health care and their ages, educational levels, working status, income levels, health insurance status, family type, age of marriage, age of first pregnancy and first delivery, or the number of pregnancies. There was a significant statistical difference observed between the groups in terms of their histories of miscarriage/abortion

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