Table 2: Malaria health education intervention for pregnant women.
Study | Okeibunor, et al. 2011 [11] |
Location | AkwaIbom, Nigeria |
Participants | Pregnant women: 1,280 and another 1,380 |
Intervention: | Complementary community-directed intervention (CDI) programme |
Contents |
Community-directed distributors (CDDs) were trained a. To deliver ITNs and SP (IPTp1 and IPTp2) to pregnant women, and b. To provide basic health counselling services. |
Methods | |
Duration | Each batch was trained for 5 hours (all in a single day) |
Guiding theory | None |
Control : |
a. No CDI programme b. Provision of public health clinics with drugs, functional equipment and other supplies such as tracking sheets c. Training for health personnel on antenatal care |
Contents | - |
Methods | - |
Duration | 7 months |
Guiding theory | - |
Dependent variables: |
a. ITN use b. IPT uptake (at least two doses) |
Summary of results: | ITN use |
Percentage increase for intervention group: 8.5 percentage points (95% CI: 0.045-0.122, p-value < 0.001) |
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IPT adherence | |
35.3 percentage points (95% CI: 0.280-0.425, p-value < 0.001) |