Pereira, Brais ÁlvarezGuerra, Carlota Sequeira Mendes2023-01-242023-01-242022-06-012022-05-20http://hdl.handle.net/10362/148037This Work Projectwasborn and builtinthecontextoftheBelief Systems and Health Behaviors in Guinea-Bissau project. This dissertation explores the relationship between access to healthcare and traditional beliefs as drivers of modern medical care demand. Access to health facilities is a widespread barrier to the adoption of preventive and treatment health measures. In addition, traditional beliefs and consequent cultural behaviors are also a barrier to medical care seeking behavior. This thesis explores how the magnitude of believing in traditional theories evolves has the distance to the nearest health facility increases.engDevelopment economicsAccess to careTraditional beliefsMaternal health careChild health careGuinea-Bissaumaster thesis203135954