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| Title |
Community acceptability of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria by community health workers in Uganda
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-9-203 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Mukanga, James K Tibenderana, Juliet Kiguli, George W Pariyo, Peter Waiswa, Francis Bajunirwe, Brian Mutamba, Helen Counihan, Godfrey Ojiambo, Karin Kallander |
| Abstract |
Many malarious countries plan to introduce artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) at community level using community health workers (CHWs) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Use of ACT with reliance on presumptive diagnosis may lead to excessive use, increased costs and rise of drug resistance. Use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) could address these challenges but only if the communities will accept their use by CHWs. This study assessed community acceptability of the use of RDTs by Ugandan CHWs, locally referred to as community medicine distributors (CMDs). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 269 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 259 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 49 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 48 | 18% |
| Researcher | 44 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 57 | 21% |
| Unknown | 32 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 87 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 51 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 47 | 17% |
| Unknown | 37 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 July 2010.
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#20,155,513
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#5,297
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#90,087
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#44
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