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Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) tablets is one of the recommended interventions to reduce the burden of malaria on both the pregnant woman and the unborn child. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of IPTp-...

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Autores principales: Kumah, Emmanuel, Duvor, Ferguson, Otchere, Godfred, Ankomah, Samuel Egyakwa, Fusheini, Adam, Kokuro, Collins, Karikari, Akua Kusiwaa, Adom, Joseph
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Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35582408
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3560
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author Kumah, Emmanuel
Duvor, Ferguson
Otchere, Godfred
Ankomah, Samuel Egyakwa
Fusheini, Adam
Kokuro, Collins
Karikari, Akua Kusiwaa
Adom, Joseph
author_facet Kumah, Emmanuel
Duvor, Ferguson
Otchere, Godfred
Ankomah, Samuel Egyakwa
Fusheini, Adam
Kokuro, Collins
Karikari, Akua Kusiwaa
Adom, Joseph
author_sort Kumah, Emmanuel
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description BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) tablets is one of the recommended interventions to reduce the burden of malaria on both the pregnant woman and the unborn child. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of IPTp-SP uptake and its associated factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti Region, Ghana. METHODS: The study was cross sectional. A structured questionnaire was administered to 394 respondents, comprising pregnant women in their last two months of pregnancy and nursing mothers who delivered within three months prior to the study. Medical records of the respondents were also reviewed. Descriptive statistics such as simple proportions, and averages were computed. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed to determine factors associated with IPTp-SP uptake. RESULTS: The average age of the respondents was 28.2 (±5.9) years. Almost all of the respondents (98%) had received SP at the time of the study. Fifty percent received their first dose of SP between 16 and 19 weeks of gestation. The multiple logistic regression analysis showed a statistically significant association between IPTp-SP uptake and educational level, time of first ANC visit, number of ANC visits and receiving education on SP prior to the administration of the drug. CONCLUSION: Education on SP use should be intensified at all levels of the health system. Early initiation of ANC is also recommended for optimal uptake of IPTp-SP. More research is needed to understand factors affecting the uptake of SP during pregnancy in the country.
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spelling pubmed-90535322022-05-16 Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana Kumah, Emmanuel Duvor, Ferguson Otchere, Godfred Ankomah, Samuel Egyakwa Fusheini, Adam Kokuro, Collins Karikari, Akua Kusiwaa Adom, Joseph Ann Glob Health Original Research BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) tablets is one of the recommended interventions to reduce the burden of malaria on both the pregnant woman and the unborn child. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of IPTp-SP uptake and its associated factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti Region, Ghana. METHODS: The study was cross sectional. A structured questionnaire was administered to 394 respondents, comprising pregnant women in their last two months of pregnancy and nursing mothers who delivered within three months prior to the study. Medical records of the respondents were also reviewed. Descriptive statistics such as simple proportions, and averages were computed. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed to determine factors associated with IPTp-SP uptake. RESULTS: The average age of the respondents was 28.2 (±5.9) years. Almost all of the respondents (98%) had received SP at the time of the study. Fifty percent received their first dose of SP between 16 and 19 weeks of gestation. The multiple logistic regression analysis showed a statistically significant association between IPTp-SP uptake and educational level, time of first ANC visit, number of ANC visits and receiving education on SP prior to the administration of the drug. CONCLUSION: Education on SP use should be intensified at all levels of the health system. Early initiation of ANC is also recommended for optimal uptake of IPTp-SP. More research is needed to understand factors affecting the uptake of SP during pregnancy in the country. Ubiquity Press 2022-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9053532/ /pubmed/35582408 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3560 Text en Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Kumah, Emmanuel
Duvor, Ferguson
Otchere, Godfred
Ankomah, Samuel Egyakwa
Fusheini, Adam
Kokuro, Collins
Karikari, Akua Kusiwaa
Adom, Joseph
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title_full Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title_fullStr Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title_short Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana
title_sort intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and its associated factors in the atwima kwanwoma district, ghana
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35582408
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3560
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