A case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between household livestock keep... more A case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between household livestock keeping and malnutrition levels of under-5 children. A questionnaire was used to capture data on the hypothesized risk factors. Fisher's Exact test was used to determine associations between categorical variables and binary logistic regression analysis to determine predictors of malnutrition among under-5 children. A total of 145 households were sampled using a stratified random sampling method. About 72.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = [63.9%, 81.0%]) of households in the study area kept livestock and the overall level of malnutrition was 34.5% (CI = [21.3%, 47.7%]). Livestock keeping among households that were cases was 31.4% (95% CI = [22.5%, 40.3%]) and slightly lower than those from households that were controls at 68.6% (95% CI = [57.9%, 59.3%]) although this was not statistically significant (p = .243). Crop farming alone was also found not to be significantly associated with malnutrition of under-5 children at household level (p = .447). However, mixed farming (growing crops and keeping livestock) at household level was found to be significantly associated with malnutrition levels of the under-5 children (p = .008). The level of mixed farming among the cases, 31.6% (95% CI = [17.7%, 45.5%]), was lower than those among the controls, which was 68.3% (95% CI = [59.1%, 77.5%]). There was no association between livestock keeping and malnutrition in both the cases and control groups. However, mixed farming (crop farming and keeping livestock) was associated with a significant reduction in malnutrition among under-5 children.
Plague which is a flea borne zoonotic disease of mammals caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis ... more Plague which is a flea borne zoonotic disease of mammals caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis has occurred in Eastern and Southern parts of Zambia as epizootics. This study was conducted to determine factors associated with these outbreaks. The study was done in Namwala district of Zambia and a cross-sectional study design was used. The two stage cluster sampling technique was used. The first stage involved conveniently identifying the 8 villages where human cases of plague had been reported. The second stage was random selection of households within the villages. These were sampled without prior knowledge of whether the household had a case of human plague or not. The sampling unit was the households. A total of 45 households were sampled. Twenty six (42%) of the households reported to have had a human case. The mean age of these cases was 10.86 ± 6.74 years while 74% of these were males. The households who reported cases and those who did not report cases were not different in ...
An explorative cross-sectional study using both qualitative and quantitative methods was conducte... more An explorative cross-sectional study using both qualitative and quantitative methods was conducted to describe the quality of documentation of patients ’care and determine factors affecting documentation of patients’ care in the provision of ART services by health workers and other support staff in Rufunsa, Luangwa and Chongwe districts of Lusaka province in Zambia. Using multi-stage sampling method 168 participants were sampled and data was collected using a structured pre-tested questionnaire. Fisher's exact and chi-square tests were used and considered results significant at p < 0.05. The majority of the respondents were females 51.8% and the majority of respondents (32.1%) were nurses and support staff (lay counselors, cleaners). Among those whose facilities had good quality data 99 (78.6%) had orientation in management. It was found that data management orientation was significantly associated with quality of data with the P value of 0.002. Among those facilities with go...
Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to determine factors affecting dog vaccination and... more Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to determine factors affecting dog vaccination and vaccination statuses of dogs in the Chipata, Zambia in August 2017. A total of 787 households were purposively sampled and data collected using a questionnaire. Chi-square and binary logistic regression analysis were used.The number of dogs kept, marital status, residence and heads of households’ education level were all significantly associated with having dogs vaccinated, while knowledge of household headswere not. The households in urban area were 0.076 times more likely to take their dogs for vaccination than those in the rural area.Households head who hadreach secondary level and above were 0.636 times more likely to take their dogs for vaccination than those who had not.Households were 1.53 times likely to take their dogs for vaccination as a result of cost related to vaccines (cost was not a barrier).Households with less than two dogs were 0.800 more likely to take their dogs for...
Analysis of the relationship between household livestock keeping and malnutrition of under-five years children in rural parts of Eastern Province of Zambia
.................................................................................................... more .................................................................................................................................. iv DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ v ACKNOWLEDEMENT ................................................................................................................ vi LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Statement of the Problem and Justification of Study ............................................................ 1 1.2 Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Operational definitions .......................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ......................................................................................................... 4 2.
A case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between household livestock keep... more A case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between household livestock keeping and malnutrition levels of under-5 children. A questionnaire was used to capture data on the hypothesized risk factors. Fisher’s Exact test was used to determine associations between categorical variables and binary logistic regression analysis to determine predictors of malnutrition among under-5 children. A total of 145 households were sampled using a stratified random sampling method. About 72.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = [63.9%, 81.0%]) of households in the study area kept livestock and the overall level of malnutrition was 34.5% (CI = [21.3%, 47.7%]). Livestock keeping among households that were cases was 31.4% (95% CI = [22.5%, 40.3%]) and slightly lower than those from households that were controls at 68.6% (95% CI = [57.9%, 59.3%]) although this was not statistically significant (p = .243). Crop farming alone was also found not to be significantly associated with malnut...
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