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Public Awareness of Malaria Diseases and Transmitting Plant: A Case Study of Ahiazu Mbaise, Nigeria
- Source :
- I. J. of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering-IJASRE (ISSN: 2454-8006); Vol. 5 No. 5 (2019): Volume 5 Issue 5 May (2019); 106-112
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Sretechjournal Publication, 2019.
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Abstract
- This study intended to determine the influence of knowledge of malaria epidemiology and water-bearing plant and public participation in malaria prevention and control in Ahiazu Mbaise local government area, Imo State. The study was analyzed basedon the two hypotheses were postulated to guide the study. The descriptive survey research design was used, 100 samples wereused and the stratified random sampling technique was adopted to select the respondent for the study. Questionnaires weredistributed to the respondents and used as an instrument in conducting the research, 100 respondents were given the questionnaires all of it was retrieved to facilitate precise results of the investigation. The Pearson correlation analysis was used forthe data analysis and the following result was obtained – That there is a significant relationship between residents’ knowledge ofmalaria transmission and their participation in malaria prevention and control activities in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area, there is a significant relationship between people knowledge of water-bearing plants as a factor that promote the spread ofmalaria and their participation in malaria prevention and control in the Area.
- Subjects :
- Research design
Geography
Environmental health
Public participation
Respondent
Knowledge, Malaria Transmission, Water Bearing Plants, Participation In Malaria Prevention, Control Activities, Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area
medicine
Correlation test
medicine.disease
Local government area
Malaria
Stratified sampling
Public awareness
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24548006
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b8f3161d363945027c5370e06a638a6f