TY - JOUR KW - General Medicine AU - John W AU - Mushi V AU - Tarimo D AU - Mwingira U AB -

Background and study aim: Lindi District is among hotspots area for lymphatic filariasis (LF) after eleven rounds of mass drug ‎administration (MDA) in Tanzania. Though transmission has remarkably been reduced, ‎lymphoedema has remained a public health problem. The frequency of the community ‎participation in the MDA, their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding lymphoedema ‎management has not been fully established. This study examined the frequency of community ‎participation on the MDA and their KAP on lymphoedema management in the Lindi district‎‎‎‎‎.


Methods: ‎‎‎ A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2020. A total of 954 individuals were ‎interviewed on their KAP on lymphoedema management and MDA by using an interview ‎schedule. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22. The ‎community KAP was summarized into frequency tables and proportions. The chi-square test was ‎used to compare proportions at the significance level of 0.05‎‎‎.‎


Results: The large majority (83.9%) participated in the previous MDA rounds, with more than three-‎quarters of them (78.5 %) having participated in ≤ 5 rounds. More than half of the community ‎members had an inadequate level of knowledge (60%) and negative attitudes (53.7%) regarding ‎MDA and lymphoedema management, with about three quarters (74.2%) doing inappropriate ‎lymphoedema management practices (74.2%). Age groups, marital status and residence were ‎significantly associated (p < 0.000) with the appropriateness of community practices for ‎lymphoedema management‎.


Conclusion: There was a low level of knowledge, poor attitude, and inappropriate practices toward ‎lymphoedema management in the Lindi district. This will have negative consequences on the ‎lymphoedema management in the Lindi district, hence, the need for further public health education ‎on LF management‎.

BT - Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases DO - 10.21608/aeji.2021.91409.1169 IS - 0 LA - eng N2 -

Background and study aim: Lindi District is among hotspots area for lymphatic filariasis (LF) after eleven rounds of mass drug ‎administration (MDA) in Tanzania. Though transmission has remarkably been reduced, ‎lymphoedema has remained a public health problem. The frequency of the community ‎participation in the MDA, their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding lymphoedema ‎management has not been fully established. This study examined the frequency of community ‎participation on the MDA and their KAP on lymphoedema management in the Lindi district‎‎‎‎‎.


Methods: ‎‎‎ A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2020. A total of 954 individuals were ‎interviewed on their KAP on lymphoedema management and MDA by using an interview ‎schedule. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22. The ‎community KAP was summarized into frequency tables and proportions. The chi-square test was ‎used to compare proportions at the significance level of 0.05‎‎‎.‎


Results: The large majority (83.9%) participated in the previous MDA rounds, with more than three-‎quarters of them (78.5 %) having participated in ≤ 5 rounds. More than half of the community ‎members had an inadequate level of knowledge (60%) and negative attitudes (53.7%) regarding ‎MDA and lymphoedema management, with about three quarters (74.2%) doing inappropriate ‎lymphoedema management practices (74.2%). Age groups, marital status and residence were ‎significantly associated (p < 0.000) with the appropriateness of community practices for ‎lymphoedema management‎.


Conclusion: There was a low level of knowledge, poor attitude, and inappropriate practices toward ‎lymphoedema management in the Lindi district. This will have negative consequences on the ‎lymphoedema management in the Lindi district, hence, the need for further public health education ‎on LF management‎.

PB - Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research PY - 2021 SP - 0 EP - 0 T2 - Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases TI - Community Participation in the Mass Drug ‎Administration and their Knowledge, ‎Attitudes, and Practices on Management of Filarial Lymphoedema in Lindi District, ‎Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study‎ UR - https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_201075_07e24c432f463c94268f86fe17203821.pdf VL - 0 SN - 2090-7184 ER -