Influence of education and knowledge on perceptions and practices to control malaria in Southeast Nigeria

Dike, Nkem; Onwujekwe, Obinna; Ojukwu, Juliana U; Ikeme, A. C.; Uzochukwu, Benjamin; Shu, En

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.061

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“…Also, within the Ibo population of South-East Nigeria, Dike 24 found that just about half of the population associated mosquito bites with malaria. Again, malaria was generally characterised as 'ordinary fever'.…”

Section: Cultural Beliefs/knowledge About Malariamentioning

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Social and environmental determinants of malaria in under five children in Nigeria: a review

Adefemi

Awolaran

Wuraola

2015

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Section: Cultural Beliefs/knowledge About Malariamentioning

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Social and environmental determinants of malaria in under five children in Nigeria: a review

Adefemi

Awolaran

Wuraola

2015

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Increased availability of ITNs, accompanied by concerted health promotion and education campaigns, does improve net usage (Dike, Onwujekwe, Ojukwu, Ikeme, Uzochukwu, & Shu, 2006;Rhee, Sissoko, Perry, McFarland, Parsonnet, & Doumbo, 2005;Lin, Aung, Lwin, Min, Aye, & Webber, 2003;Minja, Schellenberg, Mukasa, Nathan, Abdulla, Mponda, et al, 2001). However, few studies have looked at the effect of enhanced health education on bed net utilization and malaria disease burden in a highly endemic setting after controlling for availability of nets, especially among the most vulnerable children, those below 5 years of age.…”

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Assessing the Effect of a Combined Malaria Prevention Education and Free Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Program on Self-Reported Malaria Among Children in a Conflict-Affected Setting in Northern Uganda

Ssengonzi

Makumbi²

2010

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We examine whether a concerted malaria prevention education effort is associated with reduced malaria disease burden among children under the age of 5 years residing in conflict-affected settings in Northern Uganda. Two camps for internally displaced persons were identified in the Lira District of Northern Uganda. All residents in both camps were given free insecticide treated nets (ITNs), along with basic information on installation and use. In one camp, Ogur, an intense malaria prevention education intervention through community meetings, household visits, and posters was administered to camp residents for a 6-month period by trained community health care workers who were also camp residents. The residents of Ogur camp also received assistance in hanging their ITNs as needed from the resident community health workers. In the other camp, Abia, no additional health education intervention was provided after the ITN distribution. After 6 months, a survey was conducted among a cross-section of respondents from each camp. The results from this survey show significantly lower rates of reported malaria among children under 5 years in the intervention camp (Ogur) compared with children in the reference camp (adj. RR = 0.68; 95% CI: 0.50, 0.91). This suggests that including enhanced malaria prevention education as an integral component of ITN distribution programs could help promote the use of malaria prevention methods and help stem malaria infections.

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“…Increase in the "years of schooling", as an important socioeconomic indicator, decreased malaria transmission. It seems that higher education brings about more appropriate behaviors regarding malaria prevention and treatment (23). Moreover, individuals with higher levels of education can be more educable and they understand the health concepts better (24).…”

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Predicting Malaria Transmission Risk in Endemic Areas of Iran: A Multilevel Modeling Using Climate and Socioeconomic Indicators

Sheikhzadeh

Haghdoost

Bahrampour

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background: Over the past years, the malaria elimination program has considerably decreased the malaria indigenous cases and confined their incidence to the southeastern areas of Iran encompassing 28 less developed counties with favorable transmission conditions. Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of climatic and socioeconomic indicators on malaria transmission and to predict malaria transmission risk until 2025 for all the southeastern endemic counties in Iran. Methods: The aggregated data from indigenous malaria cases, as well as, climatic and socioeconomic indicators of malaria endemic areas were collected on the monthly basis from each county between 2005 and 2015. The collected variables were, then, estimated until 2025 using time series analysis. Considering the nature of these data, two different multilevel models were implemented for vivax and falciparum based on the socioeconomic variable that was used. Finally, applying two different models, two sets of estimates were obtained for malaria transmission risk in each county. Results: The annual decline of malaria transmission was estimated to be 17% based on model 1, and 25% based on the model 2 for vivax (P < 0.001). These estimates were 13% and 21% for falciparum (P < 0.001), respectively. For every increased unit in the wealth index, malaria transmission for vivax and falciparum decreased by 33% (P = 0.001) and 12% (P = 0.54), respectively. Also, for every increase in the mean years of schooling, the transmission decreased by 65% (P < 0.001) and 57% (P = 0.001) for vivax and falciparum. Conclusions:The results of this study, using climatic variables along with socioeconomic variables, indicated the obvious influence of socioeconomic status improvement on decreasing malaria transmission. According to the results, malaria transmission risk will considerably diminish in the next few years. The pattern of malaria transmission decline was consistent with the declining trend of malaria incidence which will move from the west to the east and from the north to the south in the years to come. The transmission risk for falciparum was considerably lower than that of vivax and the endemic areas of falciparum move towards 0 faster than vivax.

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Influence of education and knowledge on perceptions and practices to control malaria in Southeast Nigeria

Cited by 86 publications

References 9 publications

Social and environmental determinants of malaria in under five children in Nigeria: a review

Social and environmental determinants of malaria in under five children in Nigeria: a review

Assessing the Effect of a Combined Malaria Prevention Education and Free Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Program on Self-Reported Malaria Among Children in a Conflict-Affected Setting in Northern Uganda

Predicting Malaria Transmission Risk in Endemic Areas of Iran: A Multilevel Modeling Using Climate and Socioeconomic Indicators

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