Malaria prevention in Pregancy among traditional birth attendants in rural Lagos
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Date
2016
Authors
Adeniran, A
Goodman, 0.0
Olatona, F.A
Oluwole, E.O.
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Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care
Abstract
Background: Malaria accounts for approximately 1 million deaths annually and about 300,000 deaths in Nigeria alone.
Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the adverse consequences of malaria. The National Malaria Policy has adopted the use of Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide Treated Net for prevention of malaria in pregnant women. This study, therefore, determined the knowledge and the practice of Traditional Birth Attendants regarding prevention of malaria in pregnancy in 2 rural Local Government Areas of Lagos State, Nigeria.
Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive study design was adopted and a total of 68 Traditional Birth Attendants were studied. Data was collected using a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. The analysis was done with EPI info 2008 and WinPepi statistical software.
Results: Age range of respondents was 20-75 years and the mean age was 46.4±8.7 years. Most (67.7%) of the respondents were not aware of Intermittent Preventive Treatment. However, most(81.8%) of the respondents who were aware got the information from the health workers, while only 31.6% of those that aware knew the right drugs to be used.
Conclusion: Overall knowledge of malaria prevention with Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy was poor. The
knowledge and practice of malaria prevention in pregnancy among the Traditional Birth Attendants in Ikorodu and Badagry Local Government Areas were poor. It is therefore recommended that sensitization and training of the Traditional Birth Attendants be carried out since a good number of women still patronize them.
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Keywords
Malaria , Malaria Prevention , Traditional birth attendants , Pregnant women , Lagos, Nigeria , Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Social medicine
Citation
Adeniran A, Goodman O.O, Olatona F.A, Oluwole E.O. Malaria prevention in Pregnancy among traditional birth attendants in rural Lagos. Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care. 2016; 28:8-16