社区对疟疾的看法及其对加纳农村地区寻求健康行为的影响:描述性研究
Alexander Suuk Laar1, Amos Kankponang Laar2, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong3
1National Health Insurance Authority, Greater Accra Region PMB-Ministries, Ghana.
MalariaWorld journal
|June 3, 2024
概括
在加纳,许多人认为疟疾是由蚊子传播的,但当地人的信仰混合了传统和现代治疗方法. 了解这些观念是有效的疟疾控制战略的关键.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 热带医学 热带医学
- 医学人类学 医学人类学
背景情况:
- 疟疾每年导致全球约3亿例临床发作和100万例死亡,其中90%的死亡发生在热带非洲.
- 尽管采取了广泛的控制措施,但疟疾仍然是加纳的一个重大公共卫生挑战,影响所有年龄组.
研究的目的:
- 评估加纳卡塞纳-南卡纳地区当地对疟疾的看法和相关的健康寻求行为.
- 了解社区对疟疾的理解如何影响寻求治疗的行为.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项描述性的横截面研究.
- 在Kassena-Nankana地区的120个家庭进行了系统的抽样.
- 对家庭主管或他们的伴侣进行了结构化问卷调查.
主要成果:
- 65%的受访者知道疟疾及其与蚊子咬的联系.
- 关于疟疾的知识主要是通过卫生工作者 (83.3%) 获得的,包括来自纳夫朗戈健康研究中心 (NHRC) 的卫生工作者.
- 受访者将传统和现代元素整合到他们对疟疾及其治疗的理解中.
结论:
- 对于成功和可持续的疟疾控制,社区的认知和寻求健康的行为至关重要.
- 了解当地的疾病概念可以增强现有知识,以开发更有效的疟疾干预措施.
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