Publication: Influence of Socioeconomic and Enviromental Characterstics on Malaria Disease Resurgence Among the Adult Residents of Isiolo Sub-County in Kenya
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2022
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European Journal of Public Health Studies
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This study evaluated the determinants of malaria disease resurgence among the adult
residents of Isiolo Sub-County in Kenya. The following specific objectives guided this
research; to establish the influence of the level of awareness on malaria disease
resurgence among the adult residents of Isiolo Sub-county in Kenya.to evaluate
demographic characteristics influencing malaria disease resurgence among the adult
residents of Isiolo Sub-county in Kenya, to investigate socio-economic characteristics
influencing malaria disease resurgence among adult residents of Isiolo Sub-county in
Kenya.to determine the influence of environmental characteristics on malaria disease
resurgence among adult residents of Isiolo Sub-county in Kenya, to assess the influence
of malaria disease resurgence interventions on malaria disease resurgence among the
adult residents of Isiolo Sub-county in Kenya, This was a descriptive study, employing a
cross-sectional study design. The researcher used mixed research methodology in this
study which employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Stratified sampling
techniques were used for sampling the study respondents. The residents of Isiolo Subcounty, key informant interviewers and NGOs/CBO based focus group discussion
constituted the target population. The study respondents were selected from five
different wards of Isiolo Sub-county with a Sample size of 392 comprised of 385
respondents randomly selected for quantitative data and 7 key informants and focus
group discussion for qualitative data. The study used interview guides to collect data
from key informants. Quantitative data were collected using self-administered
questionnaires. SPSS version 25.0 was used in quantitative data analysis while qualitative
data was analyzed thematically. The study received 100% response rate almost balance
by gender as approximately 55% of respondents were male and 45% were female.
Education levels of respondents varied because there were respondents without
education while others had attained a tertiary level of education. Respondents
experienced malaria resurgence in the study as evidenced by knowledge of malaria
disease symptoms, causative agents of malaria disease, mode of transmission, treatment
and intervention strategies among others. This study established that all the
characteristics considered in this research had some level of influence on the resurgence
of malaria disease in the study site as deduced by regression analysis model whose, R2 =
0.453, F- 1.385 = 316.804, P = 0.000 for socioeconomic, Beta- coefficient = 0.410, p=0.000 for
an environmental factor, in all p < 0.05 at CI=95%. The study recommends that
policymakers in Isiolo Sub-county should consider formulating policies that support
education for the residents since a big percentage 58% had not attended any form of
schooling. This study concluded that different malaria intervention strategies were
implemented in the research site aimed at taming the resurgence of malaria disease but
had mixed results. The researcher recommended that Policy makers and NGOs/CBOs
sought to allocate additional resources in support of educating residents about malaria
disease and how to control it since prevention is usually cheaper than treatment in their
intervention programs to curb malaria resurgence in the study area. The researcher also
recommended further research on the reasons behind a big percentage of residents of the
Isiolo Sub-county not attending or enrolling in a formal school system