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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATMENT AGAINST SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AGED 12–59 MONTHS USING THE HEALTH FACILITY APPROACH ALONE OR COMBINED WITH A COMMUNITY-DIRECTED APPROACH IN A RURAL AREA OF ZAMBIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2012

H. HALWINDI ,
P. MAGNUSSEN ,
S. SIZIYA ,
D. W. MEYROWITSCH  and
A. OLSEN
H. HALWINDI
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
P. MAGNUSSEN
Affiliation:
DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
S. SIZIYA
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
D. W. MEYROWITSCH
Affiliation:
Section of Health Services Research, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark
A. OLSEN
Affiliation:
DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Summary

A health facility-based (HF) approach to delivering anthelminthic drugs to children aged 12–59 months in Zambia was compared with an approach where community-directed treatment (ComDT) was added to the HF approach (HF+ComDT). This paper reports on the socio-demographic factors associated with treatment coverage in the HF+ComDT and HF areas after 18 months of implementation. Data were collected by interviewing 288 and 378 caretakers of children aged 12–59 months in the HF+ComDT and HF areas, respectively. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used for data analysis. Statistically significant predictors of a child being treated were: a child coming from the HF+ComDT area, being 12–36 months old, the family having lived in the area for >20 years, coming from a household with only one under-five child and living ≤3 km from the health facility. It is concluded that socio-demographic factors are of public health relevance and affect treatment coverage in both the HF+ComDT and the HF approaches. The implementation and strengthening of interventions like ComDT that bring treatment closer to households will enable more children to have access to treatment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 95 - 109
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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