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Socioeconomic determinants of community knowledge and practice in relation to malaria in high- and low-transmission areas of central India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2019

Mrigendra Pal Singh ,
Kalyan Brata Saha ,
Sunil Kumar Chand  and
Deepali Savargaonkar
Mrigendra Pal Singh*
Affiliation:
ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research Field Unit Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Kalyan Brata Saha
Affiliation:
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Sunil Kumar Chand
Affiliation:
ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research Field Unit Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Deepali Savargaonkar
Affiliation:
ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India
*
*Corresponding author. Email: mrigendrapal@gmail.com
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Abstract

This study was undertaken with an aim of exploring community knowledge and treatment practices related to malaria and their determinants in high- and low-transmission areas of central India. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out between August 2015 and January 2016 in two high- and two low-malaria-endemic districts of central India. A total of 1470 respondents were interviewed using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Respondents residing in high-transmission areas with higher literacy levels, and of higher socioeconomic status, were found to practise more modern preventive measures than those living in low-transmission areas with low literacy levels and who were economically poor. Level of literacy, socioeconomic status and area (district) of residence were found to be the main factors affecting people’s knowledge of malaria aetiology and clinical features, and prevention and treatment practices, in this community in central India.

Keywords

MalariaCommunity KnowledgePrevention and Treatment Practices

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , May 2020 , pp. 317 - 329
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© Cambridge University Press 2019

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