Influence of education and knowledge on perceptions and practices to control malaria in Southeast Nigeria
Influence of education and knowledge on perceptions and practices to control malaria in Southeast Nigeria
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.061
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Shu, Elvis
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作者：
Dike, Nkem;Onwujekwe, Obinna;Shu, Elvis
这项研究是在尼日利亚东南部进行的，目的是调查人们的教育水平和他们对疟疾的了解是否会影响他们寻求疟疾治疗和预防的方式。采用预测问卷对随机抽取的户主进行数据收集，并采用logistic回归进行分析。教育水平的提高与有关预防和治疗疟疾的适当战略的知识和做法的改进有关。因此，研究结果表明，教育可以对疟疾负担和总体识字率的中长期改善产生积极影响。除此之外，关于疟疾的起因、表现和控制的短期健康教育运动将对疟疾的控制产生积极影响。(c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd版权所有。
The study was undertaken in southeastern Nigeria to investigate whether the people's level of education and what they know about malaria affects how they seek treatment and prevention for the disease. Pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect data from randomly selected householders and analysed using logistic regression. Higher levels of education were associated with improved knowledge and practice about the appropriate strategies for the prevention and treatment of malaria. The results thus indicate that education can have a positive impact on the malaria burden and medium/long-term improvement of overall literacy rates. As well as this, short-term health education campaigns about the causes, manifestations and control of malaria will have a positive impact on its control. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.