Table 4 Questions assessing healthcare providers' practices relating to malaria prevention
Question (Frequency) | All N = 372 | Ghana N = 107 | Laos N = 136 | Senegal N = 51 | Tanzania N = 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
When treating young children, how often did you enquire about their and their caretakers' home-use of insecticide-treated nets? [Recommended practice] | 51.9% (191/368) | 57.9% (62/107) | 41.9% (57/136) | 33.3% (17/51) | 74.3% (55/74) |
When treating young children, how often did you recommend caretakers to use insecticide-treated nets for their young children? [Recommended practice] | 56.1% (207/369) | 65.4% (70/107) | 44.9% (61/136) | 37.2% (19/51) | 76.0% (57/75) |
When treating young children, how often did you inform caretakers who used insecticide-treated nets of the need to regularly re-treat their nets? [Recommended practice] | 46.2% (170/368) | 40.2% (43/107) | 39.0% (53/136) | 37.2% (19/51) | 74.3% (55/74) |
When treating young children and pregnant women, how often did you (or someone acting on your behalf) provide caretakers and pregnant women with an insecticide-treated nets for home-use? [Recommended practice] | 26.3% (97/368) | 31.1% (33/106) | 15.4% (21/136) | 33.3% (17/51) | 34.7% (26/75) |
When treating young children, how often did you inform caretakers that torn insecticide-treated nets are worse than no insecticide-treated nets? [Contrary to recommended practice] | 36.5% (133/364) | 29.5% (31/105) | 41.2% (56/136) | 35.3% (18/51) | 38.9% (28/72) |
All recommended practices | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 5% |