Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana

A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 2 May 2018

• Country: Ghana
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• First published: 1 November 2016
• Authors: Antwi, G.D., Bates, L.A., King, R, Mahama, P.R., Tagbor, H and Cairns, M

Abstract

Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is currently recommended for children under 5 in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal. Thi study explored children바카라 사이트™s caregivers바카라 사이트™ and community health workers바카라 사이트™ (CHWs) responses to an extended 5-month SMC programme.

13 in-depth interviews and 8 focus group discussions explored optimal and suboptimal 바카라 사이트˜uptake바카라 사이트™ of SMC to examine facilitators and barriers to caregivers바카라 사이트™ uptake.

This research is supported by the Department for International Development바카라 사이트™s COMDIS바카라 사이트“HSD Programme which is led by the University of Leeds

Citation

Antwi GD, Bates LA, King R, Mahama PR, Tagbor H, Cairns M, et al. (2016) Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers. PLoS ONE 11(11) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166951

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Published 2 May 2018