Practices | Overall NÂ =Â 197 | Zone 1 NÂ =Â 71 | Zone 2 NÂ =Â 126 | P value | |||
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n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Ways in which VMW/MMW find malaria cases in their villages | |||||||
 Conduct home visits | 157 | 79.7 | 61 | 85.9 | 96 | 76.2 | 0.103 |
 Malaria suspects know me and come to my house | 154 | 78.2 | 52 | 73.2 | 102 | 80.1 | 0.208 |
 Other people refer them | 105 | 53.3 | 41 | 57.8 | 64 | 50.8 | 0.348 |
 Conduct health education activities | 100 | 50.8 | 39 | 54.9 | 61 | 48.4 | 0.38 |
 During campaigns conducted by NGOs | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.286 |
 Other | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3.17 | 0.129 |
Refer malaria cases to the health centre or hospital | |||||||
 Yes | 148 | 75.1 | 50 | 70.4 | 98 | 77.8 | 0.404 |
 No | 49 | 24.9 | 21 | 29.6 | 28 | 22.2 | |
Who gets referred | |||||||
 Severe malaria cases | 122 | 82.4 | 41 | 82.0 | 81 | 82.7 | 0.921 |
 Pregnant women | 47 | 31.8 | 21 | 42.0 | 26 | 26.5 | 0.056 |
 The elderly | 44 | 29.7 | 15 | 30.0 | 29 | 29.6 | 0.959 |
 Children under five | 37 | 25.0 | 17 | 34.0 | 20 | 20.4 | 0.071 |
 Patients who’s life is at risk | 28 | 18.9 | 11 | 22.0 | 17 | 17.4 | 0.494 |
 Othera | 30 | 20.3 | 7 | 14.0 | 23 | 33.5 | 0.175 |
Barriers faced when referring severe malaria to the HC | |||||||
 Lack of transportation | 130 | 87.8 | 45 | 90.0 | 85 | 86.7 | 0.565 |
 Long distance | 98 | 66.2 | 34 | 68.0 | 64 | 65.3 | 0.743 |
 Lack of money | 67 | 42.3 | 18 | 36.0 | 49 | 50.0 | 0.106 |
 The patient disagrees | 29 | 19.6 | 13 | 26.0 | 16 | 16.3 | 0.161 |
 Lack of understanding of severity of disease | 17 | 11.5 | 6 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.2 | 0.889 |
 Treatment with other providers | 10 | 6.8 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.2 | 0.34 |
 Self-treatment | 5 | 3.4 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 0.507 |
 Otherb | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 0.148 |