Table 4 Personal and/ or family member use of SP for management of uncomplicated malaria in 2002 and 2004
Characteristic variable | Category | Self use N=247(%)–(2002) | p-value | Self use N=81(%) –(2004) | p-value | Own child/family N= 207(%)-(2002) | p-value | Own child/family N=84 (%) (2004) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP; n=135 (54.7) | *Other drug; n=112 (45.3) | SP; n=49 (60.5) | *Other drug; n=32 (39.5) | SP; n=124 (59.9) | *Other drug; n=83 (40.1) | SP; n=37 (44) | *Other drug; n=47 (55) | ||||||
District | Morogoro | 41 (56.2) | 32 (43.8) | 0.48 | 22 (66.7) | 11 (33.3) | 0.34 | 35 (47.9) | 26 (35.6) | 0.41 | 12 (40.0) | 18 (60.0) | 0.57 |
Rufiji | 43 (50.6) | 38 (44.7) | - | - | 48 (56.5) | 23 (27.0) | - | - | |||||
K/Ulanga | 51 (53.1) | 42 (43.8) | 27 (56.2) | 21 (43.8) | 41 (42.7) | 34 (35.4) | 25 (46.3) | 29 (53.7) | |||||
Health facility type | Hospitals | 86 (50.3) | 81 (47.4) | 0.16 | 22 (50.0) | 22 (50.0) | 0.08 | 68 (39.8) | 67 (39.2) | <0.001 | 16 (32.0) | 34 (68.0) | 0.01 |
Health Centers | 24 (53.3) | 18 (40.0) | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | 26 (57.8) | 12 (26.7) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | |||||
Dispensaries | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | 15 (78.9) | 4 (21.1) | 30 (78.9) | 4 (10.5) | 15 (68.2) | 7(31.8) | |||||
HF ownership | Public | 99 (56.3) | 72 (40.9) | 0.30 | 35 (71.4) | 14 (28.6) | 0.01 | 100 (56.8) | 52(29.6) | <0.001 | 30 (58.8) | 21 (41.2) | 0.001 |
Non-public | 36 (46.2) | 40 (51.3) | 14 (43.7) | 18 (56.3) | 24 (30.8) | 31 (39.7) | 7 (21.2) | 26 (78.8) | |||||
Cadre of health worker | Physicians | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 0.48 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0.19 | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 0.01 | 0 | 3 (100) | 0.21 |
Clinical Officers | 26 (51.0) | 25 (49.0) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 21 (41.2) | 13 (25.5) | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | |||||
Trained nurses | 34 (48.6) | 34 (48.6) | 18 (56.3) | 14 (43.7) | 28 (40.0) | 29 (41.4) | 11 (40.7) | 16 (59.3) | |||||
Other nurses | 69 (58.5) | 45 (38.1) | 19 (54.3) | 16 (45.7) | 66 (55.9) | 38 (32.2) | 18 (43.9) | 23 (56.1) | |||||
Other cadres | 3 (33.3) | 5 (55.6) | 0 | 0 | 7 (77.8) | 1 (11.1) | 0 | 1 (100) | |||||