Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Case Management in Pregnancy among Healthcare Providers and Drug Outlet Dispensers in Rural, Western Kenya

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0145616
• Main Authors: Riley, Christina, Dellicour, Stephanie, Ouma, Peter, Kioko, Urbanus, ter Kuile, Feiko O, Omar, Ahmeddin, Kariuki, Simon, Buff, Ann M, Desai, Meghna, Gutman, Julie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.01.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adhesion; Adult; Age; Antimalarial agents; Antimalarials - therapeutic use; Artemether; Behavior; Birth weight; Care and treatment; Case management; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Disease control; Disease prevention; Dispensers; Dosage; Female; Fetuses; Fever; Guidelines; Health aspects; Health care; Health care facilities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Personnel - education; Health surveillance; Humans; Kenya; Malaria; Malaria - drug therapy; Management; Medical research; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Patient compliance; Plasmodium falciparum; Practice guidelines (Medicine); Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Prescription Drugs - analysis; Prescription Drugs - classification; Public health; Pyrimethamine; Random Allocation; Rural Population; Studies; Sulfadoxine; Systematic review; Vector-borne diseases; Womens health; Young Adult; Kenya; United States; Atlanta Georgia; Uganda; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Tanzania

Although prompt, effective treatment is a cornerstone of malaria control, information on provider adherence to malaria in pregnancy (MIP) treatment guidelines is limited. Incorrect or sub-optimal treatment can adversely affect the mother and fetus. This study assessed provider knowledge of and adher...