Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana
Joint Authors
Amu, Hubert
Diema Konlan, Kennedy
Japiong, Milipaak
Dodam Konlan, Kennedy
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Malaria is no doubt a burden on both the financial and human resources of Ghana.
In this study, we examined the awareness of malaria prevention practices among indigenes of Godokpe, a rural community in the Ho Municipality of Ghana.
Methods.
This descriptive cross-sectional survey that used a self-developed questionnaire recruited 246 residents of Godokpe who were aged 18 years and above using a systematic sampling technique.
The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data into descriptive and analytical statistics.
The descriptive statistics comprised frequency, percentage, and means.
Also, analytical statistics of cross tabulation was conducted considering a p<0.05 at a 95% Confidence Interval to be statistically significant.
Findings.
About 54% and 20% of the respondents, respectively, had satisfactory and good levels of knowledge on malaria prevention.
The methods used in malaria prevention included mosquito coils (72%), cleaning and prevention of water stagnation (62%), mosquito spray (54%), and mosquito net (59%).
Also, malaria treatment methods mostly used were quinine (70%) and chloroquine (50.4%).
The major sources of information on malaria were television (74%), health professionals (66%), schools (62%), family/friends (60%), and the Internet (51%).
Conclusion.
School children showed good understanding of malaria and its vectors.
There is, therefore, the need to increase the empowerment of teachers with appropriate health information including malaria so that they can continue to deliver malaria information to the pupils.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Diema Konlan, Kennedy& Amu, Hubert& Dodam Konlan, Kennedy& Japiong, Milipaak. 2019. Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168798
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Diema Konlan, Kennedy…[et al.]. Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168798
American Medical Association (AMA)
Diema Konlan, Kennedy& Amu, Hubert& Dodam Konlan, Kennedy& Japiong, Milipaak. Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1168798
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1168798