护理人员对喀麦隆西部地区 Baneghang 和 Fombap 卫生区儿童疟疾家庭管理的看法。

Caregiver´s perception of the home-based management of childhood malaria in Baneghang and Fombap health areas in the West Region of Cameroon.

机构信息

Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, P.O Box 12, Buea, Cameroon.

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, P.O Box 12, Buea, Cameroon.

出版信息

Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Jun 2;42:91. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.91.28242. eCollection 2022.

DOI:10.11604/pamj.2022.42.91.28242

PMID:36034007

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9379393/

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

adequate community perception of malaria is crucial to improving prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This study aimed to determine the caregiver´s perception of the home-based management of childhood malaria in Baneghang and Fombap health areas, Cameroon.

METHODS

a cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of home caregivers (HCGs) in Baneghang, a health area under Community Directed Intervention (CDI), and Fombap, a CDI-free health area. Community health workers (CHWs) conducted a census to identify households with under-five children that constituted a sample frame, and then a systematic random sampling was used to select HCGs. Analysis of variance was used to compare the mean score perceptions of HCGs in the management of childhood malaria at the two sites.

RESULTS

out of 420 HCGs interviewed, 161 (38.3%), 226 (53.8%), and 271 (64.5%) displayed correct knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice, respectively, towards childhood malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in both study sites. The mean score knowledge of HCGs in Baneghang was significantly higher than that of those in Fombap (7.33 versus 6.94, p < 0.001). The mean score of attitudes of HCGs towards childhood malaria was also higher in Baneghang than in Fombap (6.59 versus 6.29, p=0.013). However, the mean scores of good practices of HCGs on childhood malaria in both health areas were similar (5.94 versus 5.92, p=0.921).

CONCLUSION

home-based management of childhood malaria seems to have contributed to good knowledge and positive attitudes of HCGs on malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

摘要

简介

社区对疟疾的充分认识对于改善预防、诊断和治疗至关重要。本研究旨在确定喀麦隆 Baneghang 和 Fombap 卫生区中照顾者对儿童疟疾家庭管理的认知。

方法

本研究开展了一项横断面研究，以评估社区定向干预（CDI）下的 Baneghang 卫生区和无 CDI 的 Fombap 卫生区中家庭照顾者（HCG）的知识、态度和实践。社区卫生工作者（CHW）进行了一次普查，以确定有 5 岁以下儿童的家庭，这些家庭构成了样本框架，然后采用系统随机抽样选择 HCG。方差分析用于比较两个地点 HCG 在儿童疟疾管理方面的平均认知评分。

结果

在接受采访的 420 名 HCG 中，在两个研究地点，分别有 161 名（38.3%）、226 名（53.8%）和 271 名（64.5%）对儿童疟疾预防、诊断和治疗的知识、态度和实践表现出正确、积极和良好。Baneghang 的 HCG 知识平均得分明显高于 Fombap（7.33 比 6.94，p<0.001）。Baneghang 的 HCG 对儿童疟疾的态度平均得分也高于 Fombap（6.59 比 6.29，p=0.013）。然而，两个卫生区 HCG 对儿童疟疾的良好实践的平均得分相似（5.94 比 5.92，p=0.921）。