Knowledge, control practices, transmission risk factors and cases trend for malaria among students of selected higher education institutions in eastern Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Kija, Mbogo Ng'wisabila | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-20T13:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-20T13:03:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In Tanzania malaria accounts for over 30% of the national disease burden and over 95% of the total population is at risk of getting malaria infection. Higher education institutions (HEIs) do form clusters with different malaria transmission dynamics, but no study conducted in such clusters. This study was conducted to assess Knowledge, control practices, transmission risk factors and cases trend on malaria among students of selected higher education institutions within Morogoro Municipality, eastern Tanzania. A cross sectional and repeated cross sectional survey was conducted in four major Universities; a face to face semi structured questionnaire was administered to 398 undergraduates and supplemented with direct observation. A One Way ANOVA (p .000) at 95% CL demonstrated a prevailing low knowledge level on malaria (58.8%) among respondents. A repeated cross-sectional survey for six months regarding seasonal data (wet and dry season) revealed a total of 181 possible breeding sites. As per study breeding sites; wet season had 11072 and 3620 Anopheline and Culecine larva respectively; dry season had 1436 and 880 Anopheline and Culecine larva respectively. Also a ten-year (2011 – 2020) data on malaria cases from catchment health facilities in each institution were analyzed, a binary logistic regression (p. <0.05) at 95% CL shown that; males were positive by 3.3 percent less than females, dry season had 2.6 percent less as compared to wet season. Jordan had positive malaria cases by 2.3 times more and Mzumbe by 17.8% less as compared to SUA. The total positive cases were 65969 (34.1%) out of 193243. This study has indicated the prevailing low knowledge level and control practices on malaria among respondents with high exposure and transmission risk. This may impede the efforts towards malaria control and elimination. Therefore, there is an urgent need for control strategies that are most appropriate to higher education institutions and similar clusters. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5033 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agricurture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Higher education institutions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malaria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eastern Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mosquitoes | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, control practices, transmission risk factors and cases trend for malaria among students of selected higher education institutions in eastern Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |