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Global Health Econ Sustain Antenatal care attendance

Table 6. Knowledge about malaria and mosquito bed net usage among participants
ANC health Test statistic (p‑value) Delivery health Test statistic (p‑value)
facility (n [%]) facility (n [%])
Adidome Battor Adidome Battor
2
Had malaria during current pregnancy χ (2)=7.62 (p=0.022) χ (1)=7.15 (p=0.007)
2
No 425 (94.2) 357 (94.0) 250 (83.1) 150 (92.0)
Yes 9 (2.0) 17 (4.5) 51 (16.9) 13 (8.0)
Do not know 17 (3.8) 6 (1.6) NA NA
For those who had malaria, malaria
confirmatory test done
No 6 (66.7) 10 (58.8) NA NA
Yes 3 (33.3) 7 (41.2)
Have mosquito bed net χ (1)=0.15 (p=0.701) χ (1)=1.08 (p=0.298)
2
2
No 29 (6.4) 22 (5.8) 31 (10.3) 12 (7.4)
Yes 422 (93.6) 358 (94.2) 270 (89.7) 151 (92.6)
No. of bed nets χ (4)=28.30 (p<0.001) χ (4)=6.05 (p=0.167f)
2
2
1 225 (53.3) 243 (67.9) 158 (58.5) 93 (61.6)
2 140 (33.2) 62 (17.3) 70 (25.9) 45 (29.8)
3 46 (10.9) 36 (10.1) 29 (10.7) 6 (4.0)
4 5 (1.2) 7 (2.0) 7 (2.6) 4 (2.7)
≥5 6 (1.4) 10 (2.8) 6 (2.2) 3 (2.0)
2
Bed net use frequency* χ (3)=16.05 (p<0.001f) χ (3)=7.97 (p=0.039)
2
Always 284 (67.3) 269 (75.1) 138 (51.1) 60 (39.7)
Sometimes 131 (31.0) 73 (20.4) 123 (45.6) 81 (53.6)
Seldom 5 (1.2) 8 (2.3) 6 (2.2) 9 (6.0)
Source of bed nets** χ (12)=28.49 (p=0.005)
2
ANC (hospital) NA NA 258 (95.6) 130 (86.1)
Pharmacy 3 (1.1) 1 (0.7)
Market 14 (5.2) 5 (3.3)
Friend/Family 4 (1.5) 6 (4.0)
House distribution 3 (1.1) 12 (8.0)
Other sources 17 (6.3) 9 (6.0)
2
2
Slept under bed net previous night χ (1)=1.93 (p=0.165) χ (1)=3.37 (p=0.066)
No 68 (15.1) 71 (18.7) 132 (43.9) 86 (52.8)
Yes 383 (84.9) 309 (81.3) 169 (56.2) 77 (47.2)
Total 451 (100.0) 380 (100.0) 301 (00.0) 163 (100.0)
Notes: *Missing values accounted for but not shown; **Multiple responses allowed; thus, the totals for each variable may exceed the sums below;
NA: Not applicable (was not part of the questionnaire); f=Fisher’s exact P value.
Abbreviation: ANC: Antenatal care.

both study sites. Interestingly, despite the generally low 5. Conclusion
level of knowledge about malaria observed in the study
population, it did not appear to influence the observed A higher proportion of participants below 20 years of
age accessed AGH, while older age groups tended to
prevalence.
seek obstetric care at BCH. Moreover, more married
However, it is important to acknowledge a limitation of participants were observed at BCH, whereas a greater
the study. Due to the low prevalence of malaria, correlation number of single participants were noted at AGH. The
analysis with knowledge was not performed. majority of participants with basic (primary and junior

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