Factors Associated with Utilization of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria During Pregnancy among Women attending at Sekou-Toure Hospital in Mwanza.
Hosea, Veronica CUHAS/MD/40001425/T/15
Factors Associated with Utilization of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria During Pregnancy among Women attending at Sekou-Toure Hospital in Mwanza. - Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2020 - ix; 32 Pages Includes References
Abstract:
Background: Malaria infection during pregnancy is a major public health problem in Africa, with substantial risks for the mother, her fetus and the neonate. WHO current recommends (IPTp-SP) to be given to all pregnant women starting at early second trimester with at least three dose during ANC visits. Official IPT3+ implementation programme of the new guidelines in Tanzania launched in 2014, with a current coverage of 56% for IPTp2 and 26% for IPTp3 (MIS/DHS 2018).
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among women attending at Sekou Toure who met the inclusion criteria. Questionnaires and ANC was used to collect information, data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20 in computer.
Results: Out of all enrolled participants (n=240), 80.5% had received optimal IPTp-SP doses (IPTp3+) a high coverage so far as it has met National target and more than half of participants received the dose under DOT. The main factors influenced IPTp-SP utilization and were statistically significance was Age, Marital status, Number of ANC visits, Gestation age at first visit, Distance to ANC clinic and knowledge on purpose of IPTp-SP with level of significance of 0.02, 0.00, 0.01, 0.01 and 0.02 respectively. Majority had no knowledge on at what gestation SP is given and the number of doses to be given throughout the pregnancy (65% and 66% respectively).
Conclusion: The study showed high level of IPTp use that met the national target of 80% by 2013. The main factors which was associated with IPTp-SP utilization was ANC visit and the knowledge on purpose of IPTp-SP, also majority they didn’t know on when to start and how many dose of SP to given. Education on general knowledge on IPTp-SP during ANC tendency should be strengthened.
Keywords: Intermitted preventive treatment, Malaria during pregnancy, IPTp-SP utilization.
Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386: Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz: www.bugando.ac.tz
--Community Medicine--Parasitology and Entolomology
Factors Associated with Utilization of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria During Pregnancy among Women attending at Sekou-Toure Hospital in Mwanza. - Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2020 - ix; 32 Pages Includes References
Abstract:
Background: Malaria infection during pregnancy is a major public health problem in Africa, with substantial risks for the mother, her fetus and the neonate. WHO current recommends (IPTp-SP) to be given to all pregnant women starting at early second trimester with at least three dose during ANC visits. Official IPT3+ implementation programme of the new guidelines in Tanzania launched in 2014, with a current coverage of 56% for IPTp2 and 26% for IPTp3 (MIS/DHS 2018).
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among women attending at Sekou Toure who met the inclusion criteria. Questionnaires and ANC was used to collect information, data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20 in computer.
Results: Out of all enrolled participants (n=240), 80.5% had received optimal IPTp-SP doses (IPTp3+) a high coverage so far as it has met National target and more than half of participants received the dose under DOT. The main factors influenced IPTp-SP utilization and were statistically significance was Age, Marital status, Number of ANC visits, Gestation age at first visit, Distance to ANC clinic and knowledge on purpose of IPTp-SP with level of significance of 0.02, 0.00, 0.01, 0.01 and 0.02 respectively. Majority had no knowledge on at what gestation SP is given and the number of doses to be given throughout the pregnancy (65% and 66% respectively).
Conclusion: The study showed high level of IPTp use that met the national target of 80% by 2013. The main factors which was associated with IPTp-SP utilization was ANC visit and the knowledge on purpose of IPTp-SP, also majority they didn’t know on when to start and how many dose of SP to given. Education on general knowledge on IPTp-SP during ANC tendency should be strengthened.
Keywords: Intermitted preventive treatment, Malaria during pregnancy, IPTp-SP utilization.
Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386: Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz: www.bugando.ac.tz
--Community Medicine--Parasitology and Entolomology