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ArticleGlobal health research and policy2018

Mass media exposure and its impact on malaria prevention behaviour among adult women in sub-Saharan Africa: results from malaria indicator surveys.

Sanni Yaya, Olalekan A Uthman, Agbessi Amouzou, Ghose Bishwajit

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Sanni Yaya1School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 120, University Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4876-6043
Olalekan A Uthman2Warwick Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK.
Agbessi Amouzou3Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Ghose Bishwajit1School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 120, University Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada.
University of Ottawa · CAJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Warwick · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMass media exposure plays a pivotal role in health communication and adoption of a healthy lifestyle. In this study, we aimed to measure the prevalence of malaria prevention behaviour among adult women in eight malaria-endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and assess the influence of mass media exposure in the adoption of those behaviours.

methodsFor this study, we collected cross-sectional data on 46,822 women aged between 15 and 49 years from the Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. As the outcome variable, malaria prevention behaviour was proxied by the use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and uptake of antimalarial drugs in last pregnancy.

resultsThe overall prevalence of sleeping under ITN and that of taking antimalarial drug during the last pregnancy was respectively 67.9% (95%CI = 66.6-69.2) and 72.8% (95%CI = 71.3-74.2). However, there were disparities in the prevalence of using ITN and antimalarial drug use across the study countries. In the multivariable regression analysis, not receiving malaria related information from radio, poster/billboards, community events, and health workers were found to be significantly associated with reduction in the odds of using ITN the previous night. For the use of antimalarial drugs during last pregnancy, the odds were 23% [OR = 0.773, 95%CI = 0.625-0.956] lower for those who did not receive malaria information on radio compared with those who received.

conclusionsThese findings indicate a potentially important role of malaria information received through mass media on utilisation of ITN among women in SSA. More research is needed to explore the factors that limit the accessibility to malaria information through mass media.

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Antimalarial drugsGlobal healthInsecticide treated netsMalaria prevention behaviourSub-Saharan Africa

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