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Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Mitanin's (Community Health Workers) in Chhattisgarh: Malaria Elimination
Raju Ranjha1, Chander Prakash Yadav2, Mehul Kumar Chourasia3
1Field Unit, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Raipur, India.
Background:
For the success of any program, its implementation plays a crucial role. Community health workers are of immense importance for malaria elimination from India.
Objective:
This study was aimed to assess the knowledge gaps and the responsible factors for mitanins' knowledge on various aspects of and problems faced by mitanins during their work.
Methods:
Structured interviewer-based questionnaire was used to collect the data, and ordinal regression was applied to analyze the data.
Results:
Only 26% of the mitanins were having a good knowledge attitude and practices (KAP) score about malaria. Malaria endemicity of area [odds ratio (OR) = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.13-0.50), P < 0.001] and education (OR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.18-0.69, P = 0.002) were the two significant factors affecting the KAP of mitanins.
Conclusion:
This study shows that prioritizing education while recruiting the mitanins and training them in the low endemic areas with a focus on malaria, which will help achieve the malaria elimination goal.
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