Perceptions of the causes of malaria and of its complications, treatment and prevention among midwives and pregnant women of Eastern Sudan
Perceptions of the causes of malaria and of its complications, treatment and prevention among midwives and pregnant women of Eastern Sudan
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DOI：
10.1007/s10389-007-0124-2
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Malik, Elfatih M.
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作者：
Adam, Ishag;Omer, El Sir M.;Malik, Elfatih M.
背景在苏丹，妊娠期疟疾感染是一个很大的负担，对母亲和胎儿都有许多不利影响。没有关于当地疟疾的社会文化知识的数据，其并发症和预防在pregnancy.Aim本研究进行评估的看法疟疾的原因，其并发症，在苏丹东部地区的助产士和孕妇中开展疟疾治疗和预防活动，以便为决策者和疟疾方案管理人员提供改进疟疾控制设计所需的信息。结果超过四分之三（78.2%）的助产士和82.7%的孕妇认为蚊虫是疟疾的传播媒介。接受访谈的孕妇中，驱虫蚊帐的覆盖率为65.5%。受访助产士和孕妇对妊娠期间疟疾并发症以及疟疾治疗对胎儿的影响了解甚少。60%以上的助产士（n=59，67.8%）和几乎所有的孕妇（n= 162，96.4%）对间歇性预防治疗（IPT）不了解。
Background Malaria infection during pregnancy is a big burden in Sudan and has many adverse effects on both mother and fetus. There are no data concerning the local socio-cultural knowledge of malaria, its complications and prevention during pregnancy.Aim This study was conducted to assess the perceptions of the causes of malaria, its complications, treatment and prevention among midwives and pregnant women of Eastern Sudan so as to provide policy makers and malaria programme managers with information needed to improve the design of malaria control.Subject and methods Interviews were conducted with 87 midwives and 168 pregnant women.Results More than three-quarters (78.2%) of the midwives and (82.7%) pregnant women perceived that mosquitoes were the transmitters of malaria. The coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) was 65.5% among the interviewed pregnant women. There was poor knowledge about the complications of malaria during pregnancy and the effect of malaria treatment on the fetus among the interviewed midwives and pregnant women. More than 60% of the midwives (n=59, 67.8%) and almost all of the pregnant women (n= 162, 96.4%) had no knowledge about intermittent preventive treatment (IPT).Conclusion Thus, in spite of good knowledge about symptoms of malaria during pregnancy, there was a lack of perception of prevention and the safety of IPT.