Socio-economic & household risk factors of malaria in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, central India.

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Ravendra K
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Mrigendra P
dc.contributor.authorSaha, Kalyan B
dc.contributor.authorBharti, Praveen K
dc.contributor.authorJain, Vidhan
dc.contributor.authorSingh, P P
dc.contributor.authorSilawat, Nipun
dc.contributor.authorPatel, R
dc.contributor.authorHussain, M
dc.contributor.authorChand, S K
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Arvind
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Neeru
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T05:26:48Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T05:26:48Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractBackground & objectives: Malaria is a major public health problem in many states of the country, particularly, in Madhya Pradesh where both Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum are endemic. Although many studies have been conducted to investigate risk factors for malaria, but only a few have examined household and socio-economic risk factors. The present study was, therefore, undertaken to explore the relationship of different socio-demographic, socio-economic and behavioural risk factors with malaria prevalence in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, India. Methods: This study was undertaken in all 62 villages of Bargi Primary Health Centre from May 2005 to June 2008. These villages comprised 7117 households with an average family size of five members. fortnightly fever surveys were conducted in all villages to assess prevalence of malaria infection in the community. The distinct univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted on the data set. Results: The important socio-demographic risk factors like age of household head, social group, occupation and family size; socio-economic factors like type of walls of house, place of drinking water source, irrigated land, cash crop; and behavioural variables like place of sleeping, use of bed nets, etc. were found significantly associated with malaria in univariate analyses. in multivariate analyses only social groups, family size, type of walls of house, and place of sleeping had strong significant association with prevalence of malaria. Interpretation & conclusions: The study shows that in tribal areas where people are living in poor quality of houses with no proper use of preventive measures, malaria is firmly established. We conclude that community based interventions which bring improvement in standard of living, access to healthcare facilities and health awareness, will have a significant impact on malaria prevention in these areas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSharma Ravendra K, Singh Mrigendra P, Saha Kalyan B, Bharti Praveen K, Jain Vidhan, Singh P P, Silawat Nipun, Patel R, Hussain M, Chand S K, Pandey Arvind, Singh Neeru. Socio-economic & household risk factors of malaria in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, central India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2015 May; 141(5): 567-575.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/170213
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510754/en_US
dc.subjectCentral Indiaen_US
dc.subjectMadhya Pradeshen_US
dc.subjectMalariaen_US
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparumen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectrisk factors of malariaen_US
dc.subjecttribal areaen_US
dc.titleSocio-economic & household risk factors of malaria in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, central India.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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