Knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria surveillance and response system among public primary health care workers in Zanzibar.
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2017
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Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
Abstract
The health facility staff’s knowledge, attitude and practice about malaria surveillance and response system are very important for the reporting of malaria cases. However, the knowledge, attitude and practice among primary health care workers have not been explored adequately as a cause of re-transmission of malaria. According to Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme (Annual report 2014/15), the malaria surveillance system in the health care facilities is not satisfactory and the causes of the observed unsatisfactory performance have not been explored. The objective of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of public primary health care workers on malaria surveillance and response system in Zanzibar so as to strengthen the system in the whole Zanzibar. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in five districts in Zanzibar Tanzania.A sample size of 216;primary health care unit workers(206)and district malaria surveillance officers (10) were interviewed using questionnaires. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 21. The overall awareness on malaria surveillance is high 194(94.2%)out of 206for the primary health care unit workers and 10(100%)out of 10for district malaria surveillance officers(supervisors)although only 131 (64%) have received special training on malaria surveillance.In addition, the training package on malaria surveillance was the same for all health cadre sand no specific supervisory skills training was conducted for the district malaria surveillance officers. The major challenges faced were network problem116 (32%)which leads to delaying report transmission and consequent delay in case follow up.It was also found that108(30%)of the staff was occupied with other duties other than malaria due to shortage of staff in the health facilities. The researcher recommends a special supervisory skills training for the district malaria surveillance officers, malaria surveillance training for 36% of new employees, improvement of the network system and allocation of more staff in the health facilities where there is shortage
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Public Health of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University.
Keywords
Malaria surveillance, Health care workers, Zanzibar
Citation
Ali, N. F. 2017. Knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria surveillance and response system among public primary health care workers in Zanzibar.