加纳五岁以下儿童疟疾的社会人口学决定因素
Sociodemographic Determinants of Malaria among Under-Five Children in Ghana.
作者信息
Nyarko Samuel Harrenson, Cobblah Anastasia
机构信息
Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana.
Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
出版信息
Malar Res Treat. 2014;2014:304361. doi: 10.1155/2014/304361. Epub 2014 Dec 14.
Background. Malaria is an entrenched global health challenge particularly in the sub-Saharan African countries. However, in Ghana, little is known about the determinants of malaria prevalence among under-five children. As such, this study sought to examine the sociodemographic factors that determine malaria among under-five children in Ghana. Methods. This paper used secondary data drawn from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Bivariate analysis and complementary log-log regression models were used to examine the determinants of malaria prevalence among under-five children in Ghana for the study period. Results. The results therefore revealed that region of residence, age of child, and ownership of mosquito net were the key predictors of malaria cases among under-five children in Ghana for the five-year period preceding the survey. Conclusion. It is therefore imperative that special education on prevention of malaria should be intensified by the National Malaria Control Programme in all the regions in order to reduce malaria prevalence particularly among under-five children in Ghana.
背景。疟疾是一项顽固的全球健康挑战，在撒哈拉以南非洲国家尤为如此。然而，在加纳，对于五岁以下儿童疟疾流行的决定因素知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在探讨加纳五岁以下儿童中决定疟疾感染情况的社会人口学因素。方法。本文使用了来自2008年加纳人口与健康调查的二手数据。采用双变量分析和互补对数-对数回归模型，研究加纳五岁以下儿童在研究期间疟疾流行的决定因素。结果。结果显示，在调查前的五年期间，居住地区、儿童年龄和蚊帐拥有情况是加纳五岁以下儿童疟疾病例的关键预测因素。结论。因此，国家疟疾控制规划必须在所有地区加强疟疾预防方面的特殊教育，以降低疟疾流行率，特别是在加纳五岁以下儿童中。
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