loading
Sách, tuyển tập Tài liệu điện tử

Determinants of malaria mortality among displaced people in Khartoum state, Sudan / Saeed, I.E.;Ahmed, E.S.

Tác giả : Saeed, I.E.;Ahmed, E.S.

Năm xuất bản : 2003

Chủ đề : 1. Age Distribution. 2. Attitude to Health. 3. Cause of Death. 4. Cross-Sectional Studies. 5. Diarrhea. 6. Educational Status. 7. Fever. 8. Prevalence. 9. Socioeconomic Factors.

Chia sẻ

Thông tin chi tiết

Tóm tắt :

593-599 To find the determinants of malaria mortality among displaced people, across-sectional descriptive study using verbal autopsy was carried out in 2 camps in Khartoum state, Sudan. The heads of 856 households were interviewed about household characteristics, and malaria knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. They reported 81 malaria deaths during the previous year, 3.5% of all household members; 70 [86.4%] were children. Fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and headache were the most prevalent symptoms before death. Having a malaria death in the household was significantly associated with poor knowledge about malaria and, surprisingly, with better education. Poor treatment-seeking behaviour and poor attitudes towards malaria were not associated with higher mortality. However, mortality was significantly higher among households obtaining water by cart than from a well
Chia sẻ


Hiển thị MARC

 Thông tin dữ liệu nguồn

 Thư viện  Ký hiệu xếp giá  Dữ liệu nguồn
Tổ chức y tế thế giới
https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/119311