Prevalence and correlates of malaria in pregnancy among women attending antenatal care clinic of Fort Portal Region Referral Hospital…
| dc.contributor.author | Baluku, Muhamudu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-21T08:55:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-21T08:55:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | To assess the prevalence and socio-demographic characteristics of malaria in pregnancy among women attending ANC clinic of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among women attending ANC clinic of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. A sample of 400 women using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire with both closed and open-ended questions were involved in the study. The prevalence of malaria in pregnancy among women attending ANC clinic in FPRRH was 31 (7.8%) [Those who had positive malaria test in the course of the current pregnancy]. Majority of the respondents 356 (89%) never had a positive malaria test (tested negative) in their current pregnancy and most of the respondents who tested positive for malaria parasites either by RDT or B/S were within the age group of 24-45 (71%), majority 22 (70.9%) had either not attained any level of education or ended in primary level, 25 (80.6%) were either unemployed or self-employed and 27 (87.1%) of them were married. As regards to religion, most of the respondents who tested positive for malaria 19 (61.3%) were either Catholics or Protestants and majority 18 (58.1%) resided in urban areas. The prevalence of malaria in pregnancy among women attending ANC clinic in fort portal regional referral hospital was low and women of 24-45years of age, uneducated and primary school leavers, unemployed, primegravida, second trimester and those living in temporary buildings presented more positive result for malaria parasite. The hospital should design health education programs targeted at the most affected primigravida, second trimester mothers and treated insecticide mosquito net distribution should also continue | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/3855 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malaria in pregnancy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Antenatal care clinic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fort Portal Region Referral Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence and correlates of malaria in pregnancy among women attending antenatal care clinic of Fort Portal Region Referral Hospital… | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |