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 ofaccess to health facilities on the health status of rural householdsat kermanshah province. statistical pupation of this study consistedof all heads of rural households at bisotoun district in harsintownship, kermanshah province, iran (n=1020), that 278 of themwere selected by the cluster random sampling method. the maininstrument of this study was a questionnaire which its validityconfirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was calculated bycronbach's alpha coefficient. the results showed that the healthstatus of rural households was medium at the given district. theresults of multiple regression analysis showed that 36% of thedependent variable (health status) is explained by five followingvariables: level of water availability, level of sewer system availability,and level of access to health services (e.g. toilet, bath, health home,etc.), access to resources and communication and informationchannels and the level of waste disposal system availability. theresults of this study can be considered by authorities and politiciansso that they can pay more attention to the rural health issues.