Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Malaria Prevention and Control Among Private Security Guards Within Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria

Amusan, Victor Oluwasanmi; Umar, Yahaya Abdullahi; Vantsawa, Philip Anthony

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“…This difference could be due to discrepancies in study design, study period, and population. In addition, these discrepancies could also be attributable to that fact employees received bed nets at work as a result of health promotion policies implemented in enterprises where they work as reported previously in Nigeria [ 9 ]. It is plausible that the true proportion of employees using ITNs could be lower than that estimated in the present study since a self-report-based approach was used to determine the rate of ITN use.…”

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“…Malaria control is changing in several endemic countries where community/individuals adhesion to control and prevention measures is placed at the core of control policies, with a growing interest in health education through the understanding of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards malaria and its control [ 9 ]. KAP studies are also essential in establishing epidemiological and behavioral baselines in monitoring programs against malaria [ 9 ]. In fact, a person who has poor KAP towards a given disease may probably be reluctant to use some of the preventive measures and communicate the information on their positive effects on the control of the disease.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards Malaria among Employees from Enterprises in the Town of Douala, Cameroon

Nchetnkou

Foko

Lehman

2020

BioMed Research International

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Background. Malaria remains a public health issue in the world especially in resource-limited countries, where it has a negative impact on their economy. There is a body of recent reports outlining the crucial role of enterprises in control of malaria. The present study aimed at determining the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards malaria among employees from enterprises in the town of Douala, Cameroon. Methods. A cross-sectional descriptive study took place between February 2015 and June 2017 in 14 enterprises of Douala. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to document sociodemographic parameters and KAP of employees. Results. A total of 2705 employees, mainly consisted of males (83.1%), were included in the study. The mean age of respondents was 37.33±9.78 years (range 19-87). Over 90% of respondents knew at least one sign/symptom (94.1%) and associated malaria transmission with mosquito bites (91%). Artemether-Lumefantrine (36.2%), under commercial name “Coartem,” was the most cited antimalarial drug. Nearly 98.2% considered malaria as a dangerous disease. Misconceptions on malaria transmission, causative agent, prevention, and treatment were recorded. More than 77% of employees declared to use mosquito bed nets to prevent malaria. About 63% employees declared going to the hospital when they were feel having malaria while 12.9% were seeking care through street drugs. Educational level, socioprofessional category, area of residence, and enterprise were significantly associated with the level of knowledge on malaria transmission, causative agent, and preventive and treatment practices. Conclusion. This study showed a good level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of employees even though some misconceptions and bad behaviors are still present especially in people with a low level of education. Hence, there is a need to develop strategies for sensitization especially in this fraction of employees. In addition, enterprises could be an interesting approach in order to control malaria in Cameroon.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards Malaria among Employees from Enterprises in the Town of Douala, Cameroon

Nchetnkou

Foko

Lehman

2020

BioMed Research International

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“…Evidence from malaria knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) studies reported that misconceptions on malaria transmission and risk factors still exist with adverse impact on malaria control programmes [11, 12]. Findings from a study conducted by Singh et al in rural areas of Northern Nigeria revealed that although knowledge about malaria prevention measures was high (90%), it was poorly reflected in their practices (16%) [13].…”

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Knowledge of malaria prevention among pregnant women and non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, South West Nigeria

Oladimeji

Tsoka-Gwegweni

Ojewole

et al. 2019

Malar J

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BackgroundAdequate knowledge of malaria prevention and control can help in reducing the growing burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, particularly pregnant women and children aged under 5 years living in malaria endemic settings. Similar studies have been conducted but with less focus on these vulnerable groups. This study assessed knowledge of malaria prevention and control among the pregnant women and non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, Oyo State, South West Nigeria.MethodsIn this cross sectional study, data on socio-demographic, clinical and knowledge on malaria prevention was collected using interviewer administered questionnaires from consenting study participants attending Adeoyo maternity hospital between May and November 2016. Data was described using percentages and compared across the two maternal groups in the study population. Knowledge scoring from collected data was computed using the variables on causes, symptoms and prevention of malaria and thereafter dichotomised. Multivariate analyses were used to assess the interactive effect of socio demographic and clinical characteristics with malaria knowledge. Level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.ResultsOf the 1373 women in the study, 59.6% (818) were pregnant women while 40.4% (555) were mothers of children aged under 5 years. The respondents mean age was 29 years ± 5.2. A considerable proportion of both the pregnant women (n = 494, 60.4%) and the non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years (n = 254, 45.8%) did not have correct knowledge on malaria prevention measures based on our assessment threshold (p < 0.001). Having a tertiary level education was associated with better knowledge on malaria (4.20 ± 1.18, F = 16.80, p < 0.001). Multivariate analyses showed that marital status, educational attainment, gravidity, and HIV status were significantly associated with knowledge of malaria prevention and control.ConclusionThe findings indicate that socio-demographic factors such as marital and educational status greatly influence knowledge on malaria prevention and control measures. Key health stakeholders and authorities need to implement strategies and direct resources to improve the knowledge of mothers on malaria prevention and control. This would stem the tides of malaria related deaths among pregnant women and children aged under 5 years.

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“…For progress to be made, all aspects of knowledge which can be achieved through education and training are to be considered. Among these are raising awareness of the disease and its associated preventive measures, deepening the understanding of the coherent dynamic relation of awareness and wisdom (which is application of skills required according to exigencies of time) and keeping on refining the acquired conception or information through the mechanisms founded within localities [18,19].…”

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Knowledge of Communities about Malaria Control Strategies in Lindi Urban District, Tanzania

Za¹,

Jj²,

Gw³

2018

Health Care Current Reviews

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Despite the efforts to minimize malaria infection in Tanzania, its prevalence persists. To what factors is the persistence be attributed? Does people's lack of knowledge, impact negatively on their receptivity of malarial preventive and control strategies? This paper examines knowledge about control strategies of malaria, both curative and preventive, among local native of Lindi Urban district, in Tanzania, with the specific objectives to determine people's knowledge about malaria control strategies. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 356 respondents. Focus group discussion were employed in eliciting qualitative information whereas a structured questionnaire was utilized to collect quantitative data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis of these data. Descriptive analyses involved computation of frequency and percentages. Inferential measures were determined through Chi-square test. Knowledge of participants was significantly associated (P<0.05) with educational level, location of respondents, marital status and occupation. As such, knowledge about malaria control strategies in the study district was much different between respondents who had different socioeconomic factors. However, there was insignificant association (P>0.05) between malarial knowledge, sex, age of respondents and total number of members per household. Conclusively, this paper found that participants had information about malaria preventive strategies; they hardly had knowledge about the cause of malaria, importance of using mosquito nets consistently in protecting themselves from disease, and had no knowledge about how to integrate as well as implement various malaria preventative measures. Additionally, some misconceptions among respondents were discerned regarding cure of malaria, symptoms, and the effectiveness of bed nets.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Malaria Prevention and Control Among Private Security Guards Within Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State-Nigeria

Cited by 13 publications

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards Malaria among Employees from Enterprises in the Town of Douala, Cameroon

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards Malaria among Employees from Enterprises in the Town of Douala, Cameroon

Knowledge of malaria prevention among pregnant women and non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, South West Nigeria

Knowledge of Communities about Malaria Control Strategies in Lindi Urban District, Tanzania

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