Assessment of knowledge and practice towards malaria prevention in sibu sire woreda community,sire town ,east wollega zone ,oromia region , Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: -Malaria is a barrier to economic and social development and a cause of immense hardship to communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa. It accounts for 20% of mortality among under 5 years of age Children and 10% of the continent’s overall disease burden It imposes tremendous costs on households, businesses, health systems, and government budget and is believed to be one cause of the poor economic performance and persistent poverty of many African nation. Objectives: -To determine level of knowledge and practice towards malaria prevention among sibu sire woreda community Methods: -Cross-sectional study design was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of malaria prevention of the study community. This study was conducted from March 20-30, 2014. Data was collected by using structured questionnaires used to interview the respondents by data collectors. 333 households were interviewed using self-administered structured questionnaires prepared by local language. The obtained data was analyzed manually by tallying and using calculators and other electronic materials. The findings of the study will be presented and summarized by using tables, graphs, diagrams and other descriptive methods for further elaboration and simplicity of understanding among people read them. Discussion was made both for findings and its relation with other articles cited. The interpretation was also be made according to its relation with the topic of the study and the conclusion also will be drawn accordingly as well Result: All study subjects were participated in the study giving a response rate of 100%. From 333 respondent 272 (81.5%) were males and 61(18.5 %) were female . 197(59%) have knowledge on preventive method which is drainage of stagnant water preventive from malaria, and 165(49.5%) of the respondent practice preventive method which were indoor residual spray in house hold, and 213(64%) of the respondent practice preventive method which were use of mosquito net preventive from malaria and 120(36%) of the respondent responds not use of mosquito net because of use ITNS not prevent from malaria. Conclusion and recommendation: Most of the study population had poor knowledge and unsafe practice towards prevention on malaria control .Health office, administrative sectors and other directly or indirectly concerned bodies should have work together in order to the awareness of the community raised through sustainable provision of health education on related topics. Moreover, further large scale study should be implemented on Malaria prevention and control in the current study area