Knowledge and perception of asymptomatic malaria in the Volta region of Ghana

ABSTRACT Background The control of asymptomatic malaria is considered a key aspect of malaria control. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and perception of asymptomatic malaria among people in Ho municipality of the Volta region. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study involving questionna...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2024-01, Vol.118 (1), p.33-43
Hauptverfasser: Orish, Verner N, Kyeremateng, Caleb, Appiah, Baffoe P, Addei, Isaac B, Ayaba, Moses A, Kwadzokpui, Precious K, Marinkovic, Aleksandra, Prakash, Stephanie, Okorie, Chuku, Izurieta, Ricardo, Sanyaolu, Adekunle
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Background The control of asymptomatic malaria is considered a key aspect of malaria control. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and perception of asymptomatic malaria among people in Ho municipality of the Volta region. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study involving questionnaire administration was conducted among randomly sampled residents of the Ho municipality of the Volta region of Ghana. Using SPSS version 25 statistical software, frequency distributions and proportions were computed for sociodemographic variables while knowledge and perception about asymptomatic malaria were computed into percentages and categorized into three levels based on Bloom's cut-off for further analysis. Findings with p-values
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1093/trstmh/trad049