THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF HOUSEWIVES TO THE WAYS OF PREVENTING MALARIA IN HEALTH CENTERS IN MEHRESTAN CITY–2016
Journal Title: Mintage journal of pharmaceutical and medical sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Introduction: Malaria is one of the most important health problems in tropical and subtropical countries. Currently malaria is the most important parasitic disease in Iran which limited local transmission has been reported in the south and southeast. The community involvement is a scientific and reasonable method to achieve the adequate control of malaria. Study method: This study is an applied research and in terms of data collection, it will be a descriptive-analytic study. Data was collected through a questionnaire distributed among housewives referred to the rural health centers in Mehrestan city and then were analyzed using SPSS software. For testing, according to the non-normal variables of awareness and attitude, the binomial test was used. Findings: The housewives awareness about the ways of preventing malaria by this component score (number 2) is significantly higher (P-Value of less than 0.05). The housewives’ attitude referred to the rural health centers of Mehrestan city is also significantly higher than the average score of this component (number 2). The housewives practice to the mosquito (bed) net had been 70%, regular use of mosquito net 62.7%, time to use mosquito net 56.7% since the evening and 38% the bedtime. Furthermore, 86.7% of them have been made of window lace, 13.3% of door mesh and 54.7% are referred to health centers and 44.7% to the urban health centers when viewing fever and chills. Conclusion: The housewives' knowledge and attitudes towards the ways of preventing malaria is desirable. In addition, the housewives have relatively good practice on the ways to prevent malaria, however, they need to be informed and considered by the media and government agencies, health centers, nurses and knowledgeable people.
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Ramin Fakhrayie, Abbas Yazdanpanah, Somayeh Hessam
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