Background
Methods
Study design, area and population
Sample size and sampling technique
Questionnaire development and validation
Data management and analysis
Ethical consideration
Results
Participants’ social demographic information
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
Child’s age (years) | ||
≤ 5 | 119 | 44.1 |
6–12 | 104 | 38.5 |
13–18 | 47 | 17.4 |
Child’s gender | ||
Male | 135 | 50 |
Female | 135 | 50 |
Parent’s education | ||
Informal education | 10 | 3.7 |
Primary education | 130 | 48.1 |
Secondary education | 106 | 39.3 |
Tertiary education | 24 | 8.9 |
Parent’s occupation | ||
Employed | 31 | 11.6 |
Self employed | 51 | 19.0 |
Non employed | 68.9 | 69.4 |
Awareness of the use of chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Question | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
Is malaria a common infection to your child? | ||
Yes | 36 | 13.3 |
No | 234 | 86.7 |
How often does you child get malaria annually? | ||
Less common | 208 | 77.0 |
Common | 43 | 15.9 |
More common | 19 | 7.0 |
Has your child been admitted because of malaria infection in the past year? | ||
Yes | 34 | 12.6 |
No | 236 | 87.4 |
Do you know that your child is supposed to use chemoprophylaxis against malaria? | ||
Yes | 88 | 32.6 |
No | 182 | 67.4 |
Does your child use malaria chemoprophylaxis? | ||
Yes | 46 | 17.0 |
No | 223 | 83.0 |
Utilization pattern of chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Question | Total number N = 270 | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Does your child use malaria chemoprophylaxis? | Yes (n = 46) | Drug used | ||
CQ | 3 | 7.2 | ||
SP | 17 | 36.0 | ||
ACT | 26 | 56.8 | ||
No (n = 223) | Reason | |||
I was not aware | 30 | 13.3 | ||
Not provided at clinic | 142 | 63.7 | ||
Malaria is not a problem to my child | 51 | 23.0 |
Multivariate analysis
Factor | Multivariate analysis AOR (95%CI), P value |
---|---|
Child’s age (years) | |
Median (IQR); 6 (3–11) | 0.8 (0.4–1.5), 0.465 |
Parent’s education | |
Informal education | – |
Primary education | 9.9 (1.8–56.5), 0.01* |
Secondary education | 2.8 (0.6–13), 0.184 |
Tertiary education | – |
Parent’s occupation | |
Employed | 2.1 (0.5–9.6), 0.345 |
Self employed | – |
Unemployed | 1.1 (0.34–3.3), 0.916 |
Malaria is a common infection in my child | |
Yes | 0.3 (0.0–1.42), 0.121 |
No | – |
Malaria frequency | |
Less common | 0.7 (0.2–2.7), 0.639 |
Common | – |
More common | 0.1 (0.0–1.8), 0.714 |
Has your child been hospitalized due to malaria this year? | |
Yes | – |
No | 1.1 (0.3–4.6), 0.869 |
Are you aware that your child needs malaria chemoprophylaxis? | |
Yes | – |
No | 0.3 (0.0–5.8), 0.446 |