Table 3 Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to malaria and health-seeking behaviour among mothers aged 15-49 years in central Côte d’Ivoire in December 2012
From: The epidemiology of malaria and anaemia in the Bonikro mining area, central Côte d’Ivoire
n/N (%) | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|
Malaria awareness | ||
Ever heard about malaria | 229/235 (97.5) | 94.5-99.1 |
Malaria transmission | ||
Consistent knowledge on malaria transmissiona | 51/229 (22.3) | 16.8-27.7 |
Knowledge that mosquitoes transmit malaria | 109/229 (47.6) | 41.1-54.1 |
Belief that exposure to sun can cause malaria | 120/229 (52.4) | 45.9-58.9 |
Malaria symptoms | ||
Fever stated as main malaria symptom | 111/229 (48.5) | 41.9-55.0 |
Malaria prevention | ||
Avoid mosquito bites | 25/229 (10.9) | 6.8-15.0 |
Avoid exposure to the sun | 70/229 (30.6) | 24.6-36.6 |
Mothers having received IPTp during the last pregnancy | 205/235 (87.2) | 82.9-91.5 |
Ownership and use of ITNs | ||
Mean number of ITNs per household (n) | 2.1 | 1.9-2.4 |
Households owning at least one ITN | 182/235 (77.4) | 71.6-82.6 |
Children aged <5 years who slept under an ITN the night preceding the surveyb | 235/382 (61.5) | 56.4-66.4 |
Indoor residual spraying | ||
Households that had IRS within the 12 months preceding the survey | 25/235 (10.6) | 7.0-15.3 |
Health seeking behaviour | ||
Mothers who sought medical advice or treatment at a formal health facility the last time the youngest child had feverc | 167/211 (79.1) | 73.0-84.4 |
Mothers who ever consulted a traditional healer when child was sickd | 90/231 (39.0) | 32.6-45.6 |