Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on malaria, from urban and rural communities in Borderline Iran and Iraq, western Iran.

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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 19 آذر 1398

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Background:Iran has a national eliminate all forms of malaria by 2025. Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travel toIraq and visit the Holly Shirin s of Shiite Muslims Imams. In low malaria endemic area, cross-border setting, and travel to endemic area was found to be the strongest risk factor for malaria. The study on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice based control strategies are important and considered efficient in reaching the malaria elimination goal.Objectives: This study was done to access the knowledge, attitude and practice of people on malaria in the areas with history of malaria incidence.Materialsand Methods: The descriptive-analytic study, a total of 320 rural and urban residents of Marivan County, in border line Iran and Iraq were recruited. They were selected based on cluster and simple random sampling methods. Data collection was done using questionnaire with reliability confirmation by Cronbach s alpha and data was analyzed using SPSS. Results:High levels of the respondents have correct knowledge about malaria’s transmissionand symptoms, and self-reports of adequate bed net usage and appropriate health-seeking behavior.Most of them believed that malaria is preventable and the best strategy for its control is indoor residual spraying. Very few number of the respondents mentioned sleeping under insecticide treated bed net as a method for controlling the transmission of malaria. Chi square test shows Non significant difference between the level of education and usage of mosquito nets, but there was significant difference between the use of bed nets and time of usage.Conclusion:It is the first formal entomological research which defines the KAP study in Kurdistan of Iran and Iraq. The current study showed the appropriate level of KAP among communities in the study area. Alongside of people s knowledge and attitudes, their practice about malaria should be increased as an effective factor for achieving to great goal of malaria elimination.

Authors

Farid Sharifi

Zoonoses Research Center, Research Institute forHealth Development,Kurdistan University ofMedical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Seyed Hasan Moosa-Kazemi

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Ali Oshaghi

Professor .Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohamad Mehdi Sedaghat

Professor .Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hassan Vatandoost

Professor, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Shahram Moradi

Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran