ArticleGhana medical journal2020
Effect of health seeking behaviour of caregivers on severe malaria outcome in under-fives seen in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria.
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- Delay in malaria care-seeking for children under five in Africa: a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation of a malaria prevention education intervention in Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative evaluation.BMC public health · 2022Trial
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- Care-seeking behaviour of caregivers for suspected malaria in under-five children in a Southwestern State of Nigeria.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Qualitative exploration for the under-foot fall in utilization of health services at Primary Health Center of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on complicated malaria admissions and outcomes in the paediatric Ho Teaching Hospital of the Volta Region of Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecognition of the symptoms and seeking prompt treatment in a health facility is a major means of reducing morbidity and prevention of mortality from severe malaria in under-fives.
objectivesTo document the effect of health-seeking behaviour of caregivers and severe malaria outcome in underfives seen in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria.
designA descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from July 2012 - June 2013. Data were obtained using a researcher-administered questionnaire. SUBJECTS: Caregivers and children (6 - 59 months) who presented with features of severe malaria according to World Health Organization criteria.
resultsOf the 120 caregivers mean [SD] age (31.4 [7.0] years) /child pairs (24 [14.7] months), 35 (29%) caregivers had appropriate health-seeking behaviour. The commonest place visited for initial healthcare before presentation was the patent medicine vendors by 87 (73%) caregivers. Seventy-seven per cent of caregivers who did not have appropriate health-seeking behaviour were from the lower family social class (
conclusionLess than a third of the caregivers had appropriate health-seeking behaviour for their under-fives with severe malaria, and the majority of these were from the lower family social class. Cerebral malaria and jaundice significantly predicted mortality in children with severe malaria irrespective of caregivers' health-seeking behaviour status.
fundingThe study was self-sponsored by the authors.
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