학술논문
Accessibility, availability and utilisation of malaria interventions among women of reproductive age in Kilosa district in central Tanzania
Document Type
Medical condition overview
Author
Source
BMC Health Services Research. October 2, 2014, Vol. 14
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1472-6963
Abstract
Author(s): Susan F Rumisha[sup.1] , Maria M Zinga[sup.2] , Carolyn A Fahey[sup.3] , Dorothy Wei[sup.3] , Veneranda M Bwana[sup.1] , Malongo RS Mlozi[sup.4] , Elizabeth H Shayo[sup.1] , Robert C [...]
Background Universal access to and utilization of malaria prevention measures is defined as every person at malaria risk sleeping under a quality insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) and every pregnant woman at risk receiving at least two doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). This study aimed to determine factors affecting accessibility, availability and utilisation of malaria interventions among women of reproductive age in Kilosa district in central Tanzania. Methods Women of reproductive age with children Results A total of 297 women (mean age=29[+ or -]6.8 years) were involved. Seventy percent of the women had attained primary school education. About a quarter of women had two children of Conclusion This study showed that the knowledge of the pregnant women on malaria in pregnancy and IPTp was average and is likely to have an impact on the low IPTp coverage. Campaigns that provide educational massages on the risk of malaria during pregnancy and the usefulness of IPTp need to be emphasised. Keywords: Malaria, Pregnancy, Interventions, Mosquito nets, Preventive treatment, Tanzania
Background Universal access to and utilization of malaria prevention measures is defined as every person at malaria risk sleeping under a quality insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) and every pregnant woman at risk receiving at least two doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). This study aimed to determine factors affecting accessibility, availability and utilisation of malaria interventions among women of reproductive age in Kilosa district in central Tanzania. Methods Women of reproductive age with children Results A total of 297 women (mean age=29[+ or -]6.8 years) were involved. Seventy percent of the women had attained primary school education. About a quarter of women had two children of Conclusion This study showed that the knowledge of the pregnant women on malaria in pregnancy and IPTp was average and is likely to have an impact on the low IPTp coverage. Campaigns that provide educational massages on the risk of malaria during pregnancy and the usefulness of IPTp need to be emphasised. Keywords: Malaria, Pregnancy, Interventions, Mosquito nets, Preventive treatment, Tanzania