Determinants of delay in malaria care-seeking behaviour for children 15 years and under in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Romay Barja, Maria ^a,b   Cano, Jorge ^c   Ncogo, Policarpo ^d   Nseng, Gloria ^e   Santana Morales, Maria A ^b,f   Valladares, Basilio ^f   Riloha, Matilde ^e   Benito, Agustin ^a,b  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b RICET   (Spain)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro de Referencia de Control de Endemias   (Equatorial Guinea)

^e Ministerio de Salud y Bienestar Social   (Equatorial Guinea)

^f Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bata district; Care seeking behaviour; Delay; Equatorial Guinea; Malaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FAMILY SIZE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977485983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1239-0     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. WHO. World Malaria Report 2015. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015. [ http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/200018/1/9789241565158-eng.pdf?ua=1 ].
2. Mwenesi HA. Social science research in malaria prevention, management and control in the last two decades: an overview. Acta Trop. 2005;95:292-7.
3. Baird JK. Effectiveness of antimalarial drugs. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:1565-77.
4. Lindblade KA, O'Neill DB, Mathanga DP, Katungu J, Wilson ML. Treatment for clinical malaria is sought promptly during an epidemic in a highland region of Uganda. Trop Med Int Health. 2000;5:865-75.
5. Sonkong K, Chaiklieng S, Neave P, Suggaravetsiri P. Factors affecting delay in seeking treatment among malaria patients along Thailand-Myanmar border in Tak Province Thailand. Malar J. 2015;14:3.
6. Dillip A, Hetzel MW, Gosoniu D, Kessy F, Lengeler C, Mayumana I, et al. Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania. Malar J. 2009;8:144.
7. WHO. Guidelines for the treatment of malaria. 3rd edn. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2015. [ http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/162441/1/9789241549127-eng.pdf?ua=1&ua=1 ].
8. WHO. The African summit on Roll Back Malaria, Abuja, Nigeria, WHO/CDS/RBM/2000.17. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2000.
9. WHO. A global advocacy framework to Roll Back Malaria 2006-2015. [ http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/files/files/globaladvocacy/docs/GlobalAdvocacyStrategy.pdf ].
10. Shah JA, Emina JBO, Eckert E, Ye Y. Prompt access to effective malaria treatment among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis of national household survey data. Malar J. 2015;14:329.
11. Guerra-Neira A, Rubio JM, Royo JR, Ortega JC, Auñón AS, Diaz PB, et al. Plasmodium diversity in non-malaria individuals from the Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea (West Central-Africa). Int J Health Geogr. 2006;5:27.
12. WHO. World health statistics 2014. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015. [ http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world-health-statistics/EN-WHS2014-Part3.pdf?ua=1 ].
13. Rehman AM, Mann AG, Schwabe C, Reddy MR, Roncon Gomes I, Slotman MA, et al. Five years of malaria control in the continental region Equatorial Guinea. Malar J. 2013;12:154.
14. Ncogo P, Herrador Z, Romay-Barja M, García-Carrasco E, Nseng G, Berzosa P, et al. Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2015;14:456.
15. Custodio E, Descalzo MA, Villamor E, Molina L, Sanchez I, Lwanga M, et al. Nutritional and socio-economic factors associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection in children from Equatorial Guinea: results from a nationally representative survey. Malar J. 2009;8:225.
16. Romay-Barja M, Jarrin I, Ncogo P, Nseng G, Sagrado MJ, Santana-Morales MA, et al. Rural-urban differences in household treatment-seeking behaviour for suspected malaria in children at Bata District Equatorial Guinea. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0135887.
17. The DHS Program - Equatorial Guinea: DHS, 2011 - final report (Spanish) [ http://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-FR271-DHS-Final-Reports.cfm ].
18. GEOFABRIK//Downloads [ http://www.geofabrik.de/data/download.html ].
19. Transafrica-UITP-UATP-PublicTransport-in-SubSaharan-Africa-2008. [ http://www.uitp.org/sites/default/files/cck-focus-papers-files/Transafrica-UITP-UATP-PublicTransport-in-SubSaharan-Africa-2008.pdf ].
20. Fotso JC, Kuate-Defo B. Measuring socio-economic status in health research in developing countries: should we be focusing on households, communities or both? Soc Indic Res. 2005;72:189-237.
21. Vyas S, Kumaranayake L. Constructing socio-economic status indices: how to use principal components analysis. Health Policy Plan. 2006;21:459-68.
22. Chuma J, Okungu V, Molyneux C. Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya. Malar J. 2010;9:144.
23. Ahorlu CK, Koram KA, Ahorlu C, De Savigny D, Weiss MG. Socio-cultural determinants of treatment delay for childhood malaria in southern Ghana. Trop Med Int Health. 2006;11:1022-31.
24. Chukwuocha UM, Okpanma AC, Nwakwuo GC, Dozie INS. Determinants of delay in seeking malaria treatment for children under-5 years in parts of South Eastern Nigeria. J Community Health. 2014;39:1171-8.
25. McCombie SC. Treatment seeking for malaria: a review of recent research. Soc Sci Med. 1996;43:933-45.
26. Williams HA, Jones COH. A critical review of behavioural issues related to malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa: what contributions have social scientists made? Soc Sci Med. 2004;59:501-23.
27. Goodman C, Brieger W, Unwin A, Mills A, Meek S, Greer G. Medicine sellers and malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: what do they do and how can their practice be improved? Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77(6 Suppl):203-18.
28. Iwelunmor J, Idris O, Adelakun A, Airhihenbuwa CO. Child malaria treatment decisions by mothers of children less than 5 years of age attending an outpatient clinic in south-west Nigeria: an application of the PEN-3 cultural model. Malar J. 2010;9:354.
29. Getahun A, Deribe K, Deribew A. Determinants of delay in malaria treatment-seeking behaviour for under-five children in south-west Ethiopia: a case control study. Malar J. 2010;9:320.
30. Kassile T, Lokina R, Mujinja P, Mmbando BP. Determinants of delay in care seeking among children under five with fever in Dodoma region, central Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2014;13:348.
31. Tipke M, Louis VR, Yé M, De Allegri M, Beiersmann C, Sié A, et al. Access to malaria treatment in young children of rural Burkina Faso. Malar J. 2009;8:266.
32. de Savigny D, Mayombana C, Mwageni E, Masanja H, Minhaj A, Mkilindi Y, et al. Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania. Malar J. 2004;3:27.
33. Taffa N, Chepngeno G. Determinants of health care seeking for childhood illnesses in Nairobi slums. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10:240-5.
34. Rutebemberwa E, Kallander K, Tomson G, Peterson S, Pariyo G. Determinants of delay in care-seeking for febrile children in eastern Uganda. Trop Med Int Health. 2009;14:472-9.
35. Schellenberg JA, Victora CG, Mushi A, de Savigny D, Schellenberg D, Mshinda H, et al. Inequities among the very poor: health care for children in rural southern Tanzania. Lancet. 2003;361:561-6.