Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique

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Autor(a) principal: de Sousa Pinto, Liliana
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Arroz, Jorge A.H., Martins, Maria do Rosário O., Hartz, Zulmira, Negrao, Nuria, Muchanga, Victor, Cossa, Amadeu, Zulliger, Rose
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/122595
Resumo: Funding Information: This study was funded by the Principal Investigator as part of her Ph.D. thesis. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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spelling Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, MozambiqueAttitudeKnowledgeMalariaMozambiquePracticesSocial and behaviour changeParasitologyInfectious DiseasesSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingSDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesSDG 17 - Partnerships for the GoalsFunding Information: This study was funded by the Principal Investigator as part of her Ph.D. thesis. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women. However, there is a critical information gap regarding previous and ongoing malaria social and behavioural change (SBC) interventions. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitudes, practices of beneficiaries of SBC interventions. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was undertaken in 2018 in two rural districts of Zambezia Province, Mozambique. A structured questionnaire was administered to 773 randomly selected households. Respondents were the adult heads of the households. Descriptive statistics were done. Results: The main results show that 96.4% of respondents recalled hearing about malaria in the previous 6 months, 90.0% had knowledge of malaria prevention, and 70.0% of preventive measures. Of the 97.7% respondents that had received ITNs through a mass ITN distribution campaign, 81.7% had slept under an ITN the night before the survey. In terms of source of health information, 70.5% mentioned the role of community volunteers in dissemination of malaria prevention messages, 76.1% of respondents considered worship places (churches and mosques) to be the main places where they heard key malaria prevention messages, and 79.1% asserted that community dialogue sessions helped them better understand how to prevent malaria. Conclusions: Results show that volunteers/activists/teachers played an important role in dissemination of key malaria prevention messages, which brought the following successes: community actors are recognized and people have knowledge of malaria transmission, signs and symptoms, preventive measures, and where to get treatment. There is, however, room for improvement on SBC messaging regarding some malaria symptoms (anaemia and convulsions) and operational research is needed to ascertain the drivers of malaria prevalence and inform the SBC approach.Population health, policies and services (PPS)Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)RUNde Sousa Pinto, LilianaArroz, Jorge A.H.Martins, Maria do Rosário O.Hartz, ZulmiraNegrao, NuriaMuchanga, VictorCossa, AmadeuZulliger, Rose2021-08-16T23:20:10Z2021-122021-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/122595eng1475-2875PURE: 32501375https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03825-9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:04:09Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/122595Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:44:47.779060Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
title Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
spellingShingle Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
de Sousa Pinto, Liliana
Attitude
Knowledge
Malaria
Mozambique
Practices
Social and behaviour change
Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
title_short Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
title_full Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
title_fullStr Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
title_sort Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
author de Sousa Pinto, Liliana
author_facet de Sousa Pinto, Liliana
Arroz, Jorge A.H.
Martins, Maria do Rosário O.
Hartz, Zulmira
Negrao, Nuria
Muchanga, Victor
Cossa, Amadeu
Zulliger, Rose
author_role author
author2 Arroz, Jorge A.H.
Martins, Maria do Rosário O.
Hartz, Zulmira
Negrao, Nuria
Muchanga, Victor
Cossa, Amadeu
Zulliger, Rose
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Population health, policies and services (PPS)
Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv de Sousa Pinto, Liliana
Arroz, Jorge A.H.
Martins, Maria do Rosário O.
Hartz, Zulmira
Negrao, Nuria
Muchanga, Victor
Cossa, Amadeu
Zulliger, Rose
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Attitude
Knowledge
Malaria
Mozambique
Practices
Social and behaviour change
Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
topic Attitude
Knowledge
Malaria
Mozambique
Practices
Social and behaviour change
Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
description Funding Information: This study was funded by the Principal Investigator as part of her Ph.D. thesis. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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2021-12
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