Annette Cassy|Abuchahama Saifodine|Baltazar Candrinho|M.F. Martins|Saraiva da Cunha|Filomena Pereira|Eduardo Samo Gudo
Care-seeking behaviour and treatment practices for malaria in children under 5 years in Mozambique: a secondary analysis of 2011 DHS and 2015 IMASIDA datasets
Instituto Nacional de Saúde|National Directorate of Geology|Ministry of Health|Universidade Nova de Lisboa|University of Coimbra|Universidade Nova de Lisboa|Instituto Nacional de Saúde
mozambique prevalence malaria children 5 years age among highest world limited data exist determinants careseeking behaviour malaria study aimed determining trends factors associated careseeking behaviour fever among children 5 years age assess treatment practices malariasecondary data analysis two crosssectional studies descriptive statistics used summarize socioeconomic demographic characteristics participants using data 2011 demographic health survey 2015 indicators immunization malaria hivaids survey complex sampling logistic regression model used identify factors associated careseeking behaviour estimated adjusted odds ratio respective 95 confidence intervals 2015 imasida dataa total 10452 5168 children 5 years age enrolled 2011 dhs 2015 imasida respectively careseeking fever public private sectors remained stable period 626 8351432 2011 637 9741529 2015 main place care sought surveys public hospitals 862 773897 2011 867 844974 2015 prescription antimalarial drugs increased 429 385897 2011 538 524974 2015 artemetherlumefantrine used antimalarial drug febrile children surveys use increased 590 219373 2011 893 457512 2015 data 2015 elucidated careseeking common children whose mothers secondary level education aor 227 95 ci 115449 among poorer quintile aor 146 95 ci 083190 mothers higher education level aor 016 95 ci 034078 less likely seek care people manica aor 249 103601 sofala aor 291 103824 inhambane aor 395 1251245 gaza aor 325 122865 maputo province aor 265 110641 likely seek care people maputo citydata study showed careseeking mozambique remained suboptimal interventions raise awareness early careseeking episodes fever urgently reinforced intensified