Socio-economic determinants for malaria transmission risk in an endemic primary health centre in Assam, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Northeast India. As there is limited information available on the potential influence of socio-economic variables on malaria risk, the present study was conducted to assess the influence of demographic factors, the socio-economic status, and knowledge, awareness and education on malaria occurrence.

Methods

Demographics, malaria knowledge and socio-economic variables were collected in four randomly selected health sub-centres of the Orang primary health centre in the Udalguri district, Assam and the association of malaria occurrence with different variables were analysed. The trend of malaria occurrence for different income groups, proximity to health centres and number of mosquito bites per day was also determ

SUBMITTER: Yadav K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4078389 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature