Malaria prevention practices and associated factors among households of Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
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| Name | Malaria prevention practices and associated factors among households of Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 |
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| Coverage Location | Subnational |
| Coverage Sex | Both |
| Abstract | BackgroundDespite it is easily preventable; malaria is still remains to be a major public health problem in globally as well as in Ethiopia. The disease can be easily prevented through individual and societal combined efforts by keeping the environment safe, effective utilization of long lasting Insecticide Nets and early treatment. However, the factors for poor knowledge and practices of malaria prevention is not well studied in Ethiopia; particularly, in the study area. Hence, this study aimed to provide concrete evidence towards malaria prevention practices and associated factors among Households of Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2020. MethodA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among a randomly selected 598 households at Hawassa City Administration from April 1–15, 2020. Multistage sampling technique was employed to recruit the study households. Data were collected by trained data collectors through a face-to-face interview with pretested structured questionnaire, which was adapted from previous peer reviewed articles. Then the data were checked for the completeness and consistencies, then, coded and entered into Epi data 3.1 and it was exported to SPSS IBM version 23 for analysis. Descriptive mean with standard deviation was used to summarize the continuous variables. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model was used to assess factors affecting prevention and control of Malaria. Finally, adjusted odds ratio together with 95% CI and p-value <0.05 was used to declare the statistical significances. ResultsThe overall 317 (54.3%) of households practiced good measure of malaria prevention and control measures. Urban residence [AOR = 1.95 (95%CI: 1.17–3.24)], Secondary school completed [AOR = 5.02(95%CI 2.24–12.03)], Tertiary school completed [AOR = 7.27(95%CI: 2.84–18.55)], Positive Attitude [AOR = 8.20(95%CI: 5.31–12.68)] and Good knowledge about malaria [AOR = 2.81(95%CI: 1.78–4.44)] were significantly associated with malaria prevention practices |
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| Date Data Collection Started | 2020-04-01 |
| Date Data Collection End | 2020-04-15 |
| Title | Malaria prevention practices and associated factors among households of Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 |
| Data Type | Survey |
| PublicationYear | 2021 |
| SugestedCitation | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250981 |
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| Description | A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among a randomly selected 598 households at Hawassa City Administration from April 1–15, 2020. Multistage sampling technique was employed to recruit the study households. Data were collected by trained data collectors through a face-to-face interview with pretested structured questionnaire, which was adapted from previous peer reviewed articles. Then the data were checked for the completeness and consistencies, then, coded and entered into Epi data 3.1 and it was exported to SPSS IBM version 23 for analysis. Descriptive mean with standard deviation was used to summarize the continuous variables. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model was used to assess factors affecting prevention and control of Malaria. Finally, adjusted odds ratio together with 95% CI and p-value |
| Dataset study design | Cross-sectional survey |
| Date Data Archived | 2026-07-22 |
| Date Data Cataloged | 2026-07-27 |
| Data Generating Unit | Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) |
| URL | https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/605 |
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