Publications by authors named "Chukwuka R Nnabu"
Background: Occupational diseases can result in sickness absence, economic loss, disability, or death of workers. Several studies have revealed that occupational health and safety practice is still low in some occupational groups despite their knowledge and the occupational health legislation. This study assessed the level of knowledge, Background: Occupational health service delivery, includes the creation of a safe and healthy work environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDemand for malaria rapid diagnostic test, health care-seeking behaviour, and drug use among rural community members with fever or malaria-like illness in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: a cross-sectional household survey.
BMC Health Serv Res
August 2021
Background: A good understanding of the demand for malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT), malaria health care-seeking behavior, and drug use among community members is crucial to malaria control efforts. The aim of this study was to assess the demand (use and/or request) for MRDT, health care-seeking behavior, and drug use, as well as associated factors, among rural community members (both children and adults) with fever or malaria-like illness in Ebonyi state, Nigeria.
Methods: A cross-sectional household survey was conducted between October 1st and November 7th, 2018, in 18 rural geographical clusters.
Social group and health-care provider interventions to increase the demand for malaria rapid diagnostic tests among community members in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Lancet Glob Health
March 2021
Article Synopsis
- Despite WHO's recommendation in 2010, diagnostic testing for malaria remains low in Nigeria, prompting a study to assess interventions aimed at increasing demand for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (MRDTs).
- The study involved a three-part, randomized trial in Ebonyi state, comparing a control group with one receiving education and sensitization on MRDTs and another receiving that plus provider training on health communication.
- The primary focus was on measuring the proportion of children and adults who received MRDTs before and after the interventions, with results analyzed at the cluster level to determine the effectiveness of each approach.
Social group and health care provider interventions to increase the demand for malaria rapid diagnostic test among community members in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Trials
October 2019
Article Synopsis
- A 2010 World Health Organization recommendation for universal malaria testing has led Nigeria to improve access to malaria rapid diagnostic tests (MRDT), but community usage remains low.
- This study plans to assess how social group education and training for healthcare providers can boost MRDT demand in Ebonyi state among individuals with fever or malaria-like symptoms.
- Using a three-arm randomized design, the study will compare typical MRDT service provision with interventions aimed at community awareness and healthcare provider communication, monitoring outcomes through household surveys.