AKU: An African Journal of Contemporary Research

This article is examining culture and healthcare delivery (relationship between culture and health, the role of sick person, health seeking behaviour, socio-cultural implications of ill-health). This study aims at providing better understanding of these concepts: culture and health care delivery, the role of culture in strengthening healthcare practices, cultural competence in healthcare, health disparity and cultural context, barriers to effective healthcare delivery, cultural sensitivity in healthcare policy, intersection between culture and healthcare, the role of the sick person in healthcare delivery, health seeking behaviour and the role of healthcare delivery in influencing health seeking behaviour. Guided by Leininger's culture care diversity and universality Theory, this research design adopted is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing sources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looks into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries. The study finds out that the intersection of culture and healthcare delivery is a complex and multifaceted topic that requires careful consideration of cultural diversity in health beliefs, practices, and access to care. It also discovers that understanding the role of culture in shaping healthcare outcomes is essential for improving patient-provider interactions and addressing health disparities. 

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