Table 2: Malaria health education intervention for pregnant women.
| Study | Okeibunor, et al. 2011 [11] |
| Location | AkwaIbom, Nigeria |
| Participants | Pregnant women: 1,280 and another 1,380 |
| Intervention: | Complementary community-directed intervention (CDI) programme |
Contents |
Community-directed distributors (CDDs) were trained a. To deliver ITNs and SP (IPTp1 and IPTp2) to pregnant women, and b. To provide basic health counselling services. |
| Methods | |
| Duration | Each batch was trained for 5 hours (all in a single day) |
| Guiding theory | None |
Control : |
a. No CDI programme b. Provision of public health clinics with drugs, functional equipment and other supplies such as tracking sheets c. Training for health personnel on antenatal care |
| Contents | - |
| Methods | - |
| Duration | 7 months |
| Guiding theory | - |
Dependent variables: |
a. ITN use b. IPT uptake (at least two doses) |
| Summary of results: | ITN use |
Percentage increase for intervention group: 8.5 percentage points (95% CI: 0.045-0.122, p-value < 0.001) |
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| IPT adherence | |
| 35.3 percentage points (95% CI: 0.280-0.425, p-value < 0.001) |