Kavita Yadav|Sunil Dhiman|Bipul Rabha|PK Saikia|Vijay Veer
Socio-economic determinants for malaria transmission risk in an endemic primary health centre in Assam, India
Defence Research Laboratory|Defence Research Laboratory|Defence Research Laboratory|Gauhati University|Defence Research Laboratory
malaria major cause morbidity mortality northeast india limited information available potential influence socioeconomic variables malaria risk present study conducted assess influence demographic factors socioeconomic status knowledge awareness education malaria occurrence demographics malaria knowledge socioeconomic variables collected four randomly selected health subcentres orang primary health centre udalguri district assam association malaria occurrence different variables analysed trend malaria occurrence different income groups proximity health centres number mosquito bites per day also determined using chisquare test relative risk rr gender house type knowledge use bed nets determined using katz approximation 71 household heads interviewed 704 5071 males half 549 3971 participants history malaria last two years 641 2539 males 359 1439 females 2 513 p 002 rr 179 total population surveyed 493 lived bamboo houses 352 lived distance 3 km nearest health centre number participants history malaria decreased increasing monthly income p 00001 malaria occurrence higher among households living bamboo houses 692 compared kucha houses 205 pucca houses 103 significant association observed education level malaria occurrence p 093 participants use bed nets regularly reported high occurrence malaria infection compared used bed nets everyday p 00001 lower income house type distance health subcentre knowledge awareness malaria number mosquito bites per day use bed nets positively associated malaria occurrence increasing number health subcentres close rural areas improving economic status increasing awareness malaria prevention measures thus help reduce malariaassociated morbidities