Sarah Rondeaux, Tessa Braeckman, Mieke Beckwé, Dounia El Oueriaghli El Ghammaz, Dirk Devroey, Carine De Vriese
Design and Development of Tools for Risk Evaluation of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Community Pharmacy
International journal of environmental research and public health
malaria pregnancy associated adverse pregnancy outcomes including maternal anaemia low birthweight uptake preventive interventions suboptimal subsaharan africa including ghana understanding locallevel factors influence uptake interventions enhance control study assessed uptake intermittent preventive treatment malaria pregnancy using sulphadoxinepyrimethamine iptpsp insecticidetreated net itn use determinants effects pregnancy outcomes crosssectional study involving 349 postpartum women conducted 25 august 2022 9 october 2022 ho teaching hospital structured questionnaire used collect data participant sociodemographics itn use number doses sulphadoxinepyrimethamine received knowledge malaria pregnancy haemoglobin levels birth weight among others summary statistics reported frequencies percentages means associations exposure outcome variables assessed using logistic regression methods odds ratios reported 95 confidence intervals statistical significance concluded p 005 80 291 respondents received 3 doses intermittent preventive treatment using sulphadoxinepyrimethamine 648 226 slept itns night survey age 25 years employment good knowledge malaria pregnancy parity 2 initiating antenatal care visits first trimester facilitated uptake interventions receiving 3 doses sulphadoxinepyrimethamine associated normalweight babies adjusted odds ratio 280 95 ci 107 734 p 0036 itn use associated term babies adjusted odds ratio 272 95 ci 124 590 p 0013 normal maternal haemoglobin concentration term adjusted odds ratio 157 95 ci 101 247 p 0044 interventions beneficial low birthweight preterm births predispose neonatal deaths poor cognitive function children malaria pregnancy health campaigns intensified especially among youngeraged primigravidae increase knowledge condition way improve uptake preventive interventions