Table 3 Health workers who thought SP was appropriate treatment for uncomplicated malaria year 2004
Characteristic variable | Category (N =146) | Children<5 n (%) | p-value | Older children/ adults n (%) | p-value | Pregnant women n (%) | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP; n=9 (6.2) | *Other drug; n=135 (92.5) | DK/ Missing; n=2 (1.3) | SP; n=8 (5.5) | *Other drug; n=138 (94.5) | SP; n=6 (4.1) | *Other drug n=126 (86.3) | DK/ Missing n=14 (9.6) | |||||
District | Morogoro (59) | 1 (1.7) | 58 (98.3) | 0 | 0.08 | 1 (1.7) | 58 (98.3) | 0.09 | 1 (1.7) | 56 (94.9) | 2 (3.4) | 0.04 |
K/Ulanga (87) | 8 (9.2) | 77 (88.5) | 2 (2.3) | 7 (8.1) | 80 (91.9) | 5 (5.7) | 70 (80.5) | 12 (13.8) | ||||
Health facility type | Hospitals (90) | 9 (10.0) | 79 (87.8) | 2 (2.2) | 0.11 | 8 (8.9) | 82 (91.1) | 0.07 | 6 (6.7) | 73 (81.1) | 11 (12.2) | 0.18 |
H/Centers (22) | 0 | 22 (100) | 0 | 0 | 22 (100) | 0 | 21 (95.5) | 1 (4.5) | ||||
Dispensaries (34) | 0 | 34 (100) | 0 | 0 | 34 (100) | 0 | 32 (94.1) | 2 (5.9) | ||||
HF ownership | Public (79) | 4 (5.1) | 75 (94.9) | 0 | 0.24 | 4 (5.1) | 75 (94.9) | 0.81 | 3 (3.8) | 71 (89.9) | 5 (6.3) | 0.33 |
Non-public (67) | 5 (7.5) | 60 (89.5) | 2 (3.0) | 4 (5.9) | 63 (94.1) | 3 (4.5) | 55 (82.1) | 9 (13.4) | ||||
Cadre of health worker | Physicians (8) | 0 | 8 (100) | 0 | 0.56 | 0 | 8 (100) | 0.48 | 0 | 8 (100) | 0 | 0.41 |
Cl/ Officers (26) | 0 | 26 (100) | 0 | 0 | 26 (100) | 0 | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | ||||
Trained nurses (55) | 5 (9.1) | 48 (87.3) | 2 (3.6) | 5 (9.1) | 50 (90.9) | 5 (9.1) | 43 (78.2) | 7 (12.7) | ||||
Other nurses (55) | 4 (7.3) | 51 (92.7) | 0 | 3 (5.5) | 52 (94.5) | 1 (1.8) | 50 (90.9) | 4 (7.3) | ||||
Other cadres (2) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | ||||