Social determinants of malaria and health care seeking patterns among rice farming and pastoral communities in Kilosa District in central Tanzania

Autor: Veneranda M. Bwana, Leonard E. G. Mboera, Tabitha Mlacha, Susan F. Rumisha, Malongo R.S. Mlozi, Benjamin K. Mayala, Robert Malima, Elizabeth H. Shayo
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Acta Tropica. 144:41-49
ISSN: 0001-706X
Popis: This study was carried out to understand the role social determinants and health seeking behavior among rice farming and pastoral communities in Kilosa District in central Tanzania. The study involved four villages; two with rice farming communities while the other two with pastoral communities. In each village, heads of households or their spouses were interviewed to seek information on livelihoods activities, knowledge and practices on malaria and its preventions. A total of 471 individuals (males=38.9%; females=61.1%) were interviewed. Only 23.5% of the respondents had adequate knowledge on malaria. Fifty-six percent of the respondents could not associate any livelihood activity with malaria transmission. Majority (79%) of the respondents believed that most of fevers were due to malaria; this was higher among the pastoral (81.7%) than rice farming communities (76.1%) (p=0.038). Cases of fever were significantly higher in households with non-educated (31.2%) than educated respondents (21.5%). Women experienced significantly more episodes of fever than men (p
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