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 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Fever Social Determinants of Health Veterinary (miscellaneous) EcoHealth Tanzania Young Adult Sex Factors Risk Factors Environmental protection parasitic diseases Health care medicine Humans Social determinants of health Occupations Socioeconomics Family Characteristics biology business.industry Public health Agriculture Oryza Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Livelihood biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Malaria Infectious Diseases Geography Insect Science Educational Status Female Parasitology business |
| 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 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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