关于东部地区社区疟疾预防和控制的知识,态度和实践,加纳,2020年
Aquel Rene Lopez1, Charles Addoquaye Brown2
1Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Mampong, Ghana.
PloS one
|August 30, 2023
概括
尽管加纳对疟疾的了解很好,但预防的态度和做法仍然很低. 建议通过行为变化沟通,特别是通过无线电来改善疟疾控制和预防策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 热带医学 热带医学
背景情况:
- 疟疾仍然是包括加纳在内的撒哈拉以南非洲地区的重大健康挑战.
- 评估社区的知识,态度和实践 (KAP) 对有效的疟疾控制至关重要.
- 这项研究的重点是加纳东部地区社区的疟疾KAP.
研究的目的:
- 评估加纳选定的社区居民对疟疾的知识.
- 评估人们对预防和控制疟疾的态度.
- 确定疟疾预防实践的采用水平.
主要方法:
- 在2020年1月至6月期间,在8个地区的13个社区进行了跨部门研究.
- 从316个随机选择的家庭收集数据,使用结构化问卷.
- 统计分析包括千平方和二进制物流回归,以检查KAP分数和社会人口因素之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 85.4%的受访者表现出对疟疾的良好了解,但只有49.4%的受访者表现出积极的态度,40.5%的受访者表现出良好的做法.
- 在性别和态度 (p=0.033),教育和实践 (p=0.023) 之间发现了显著的关联.
- 较年长的年龄组和基本学历较低的人不太可能有良好的知识,男性不太可能有积极的态度.
结论:
- 在研究人口中,高水平的疟疾知识并没有转化为相应的积极态度或做法.
- 预防疟疾的做法,如使用床上网,特别糟糕.
- 建议通过广播进行有针对性的行为变化沟通,以解决改善疟疾控制的态度和做法.
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