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Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia

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Title
Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia
Published in
BMC Public Health, July 2009
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-9-259
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Authors

Wakgari Deressa, Ahmed Ali

Abstract

Malaria remains to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women and children in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to investigate the local perceptions, practices and treatment seeking behaviour for malaria among women with children under the age of five years.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
United States 2 1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Pakistan 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Cameroon 1 <1%
Other 2 1%
Unknown 180 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 43 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 13%
Researcher 24 12%
Student > Bachelor 19 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 6%
Other 39 20%
Unknown 31 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 51 26%
Social Sciences 28 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 9%
Environmental Science 6 3%
Other 31 16%
Unknown 38 20%