Effect of Access to Health Facilities on the Health Status of Rural Households at Kermanshah Province (Case Study: Bisotoun District)

The main purpose of this study was to investigate effect of\udaccess to health facilities on the health status of rural households\udat Kermanshah Province. Statistical pupation of this study consisted\udof all heads of rural households at Bisotoun district in Harsin\udTownship, Kermanshah Province, Iran (N=1020), that 278 of them\udwere selected by the cluster random sampling method. The main\udinstrument of this study was a questionnaire which its validity\udconfirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was calculated by\udCronbach's alpha coefficient. The results showed that the health\udstatus of rural households was medium at the given district. The\udresults of multiple regression analysis showed that 36% of the\uddependent variable (health status) is explained by five following\udvariables: level of water availability, level of sewer system availability,\udand level of access to health services (e.g. toilet, bath, health home,\udetc.), access to resources and communication and information\udchannels and the level of waste disposal system availability. The\udresults of this study can be considered by authorities and politicians\udso that they can pay more attention to the rural health issues