ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MALARIA PREVENTION STRATEGIES AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN NORTH CENTRAL ZONE, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MALARIA PREVENTION STRATEGIES AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN NORTH CENTRAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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2021-03
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MUSA, Paul Hannatu
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This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of malaria
prevention strategies among mothers of under-five children in North Central Zone, Nigeria.
To achieve this purpose, ex-post facto research design was used. A total sample of 768
mothers of under-five children in North-central zone, Nigeria from a population of
3,641,445 were selected through multi-stage sampling procedures of simple random
sampling and proportionate sampling. The instrument used for the study was researcher‟s
structured questionnaire which was pilot tested using Cronbach Alpha reliability test which
was 0.833. Out of the 768 copies of questionnaire distributed, 765(99.6%) were valid for
analyses. Inferential statistics of one sample t-test and Pearson Products Moment Correlation
Coefficients were used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The
results revealed that Knowledge of malaria prevention strategies among mothers of under -
five children in north-central zone, Nigeria was significant (p = 0.001), attitude towards
malaria prevention strategies among mothers of under-five children in north-central zone,
Nigeria was significant (p = 0.000), practice of malaria prevention strategies among mothers
of under-five children in north-central zone, Nigeria was not significant (p = 0.7). Based on
the results, the following conclusions were drawn, that mothers of under-five children have
the knowledge of malaria prevention strategies. Also mothers of under -five children have
positive attitude towards malaria prevention strategies in North-central zone of Nigeria.
Mothers of under-five children do not practice of malaria prevention strategies in Northcentral
zone Nigeria. Based on the conclusions, it was recommended that health educators
should carry out awareness campaigns through rendering health talks which would help to
further sustain the already existing knowledge of malaria prevention strategies among the
mothers of under-five children in North-Central Zone, Nigeria. Health educators in
collaboration with other non-governmental and governmental agencies should conduct
sensitization campaigns (through mass media or community-based outreach) that would help
to further sustain the existing attitudes of mothers of under-five children in North-Central,
Nigeria. Health educators should conduct periodic symposia and conferences for mothers of under-five children and women of child-bearing age so as to educate the mothers which
would help them to understand the need to apply their knowledge into healthful practices of
malaria prevention.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN
HEALTH EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION ,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, KNOWLEDGE,, ATTITUDE,, PRACTICE,, MALARIA PREVENTION STRATEGIES,, MOTHERS,, UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN,, NORTH CENTRAL ZONE,, NIGERIA