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Child malaria in sub-saharan Africa : effective control and prevention require a health promotion approach

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Houeto, David [UCL] Deccache, Alain [UCL]

Malaria remains a vital concern of child survival in sub-Saharan Africa despite the existence of effective curative and preventive measures. It is known that child malaria is underpinned by factors such as socioeconomic, cultural, environmental, and so forth, that must be considered simultaneously in order to effectively control it. This study applied to a rural community in Benin (West Africa) the Health Promotion concept (community participation and empowerment, contextualism, intersectorality, multistrategy, equity, and sustainability) to develop a program in order to control child malaria and close the gap of unsuccessful programs. The study design was a quasi-experimental pre-post conducted over a period of 27 months. As results, 80% of the community members participated in six of the seven sub-projects planned. The prevalence of fever (malaria) was significantly reduced after the intervention (p = 0.008). The recourse to adequate health care has significantly increased after the intervention (chi2 = 48.07, p = 0.000000). All these contributed to a statistically significant reduction of children deaths due to malaria (p = 0.001) in the village. Health Promotion strategies are likely to contribute to sustainable malaria programs' implementation that reduce malaria incidence and deaths in children under five.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2008
Language Anglais
Journal information "International Quarterly of Community Health Education" - Vol. 28, no. 1, p. 51-62 (2008)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Baywood Publishing Co., Inc. ((United States) Amityville)
issn 0272-684X
e-issn 1541-3519
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/ESP - Ecole de santé publique
MESH Subject Population Surveillance ; Pilot Projects ; Mass Screening ; Malaria - epidemiology - prevention & control ; Humans ; Health Services Research ; Health Services Accessibility ; Health Promotion - methods - organization & administration ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Consumer Participation ; Child, Preschool ; Benin - epidemiology ; Africa South of the Sahara
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Bibliographic reference Houeto, David ; Deccache, Alain. Child malaria in sub-saharan Africa : effective control and prevention require a health promotion approach. In: International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 28, no. 1, p. 51-62 (2008)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/14138