Evaluation of In door Residual houseHold spraying:Challenges faced by Ndola Urban District
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description: The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All the 122 service providers were purposively selected into the study. This included 8 program officers and 114 spray operators. Data was collected using two separate semi-structured interview schedules and a checklist for program officers. The study sought to answer research questions on; policy challenges, operational challenges, institutional challenges and how these challenges can be addressed. The study was analyzed using SPSS version 11.5, Epi-info version 6 and content analysis, then Univariate and bivariate analysis. Chi-square was used to determine the association of the qualitative variables and the outcome (IRS challenges). The qualitative variables include adherence to policy guidelines, availability of IRS logistics and acceptability of IR§.Policy challenges; the study revealed varied levels of compliance across different components of policy guidelines on DDT. The highest level of corripliance n=7 was with storage and disposal guidelines, while n=4 did not comply with use and environmental safeguards. Program officers said that Spray operators used to spill DDT on the ground. Operational challenges; the most significant factors fownd to be associated with implementation of IRS were availsJDility of logistics, level of training, and acceptability of IRS. A significant association was found between availability of respirators and experienced problem, majority 81.3% of the respondents who said respirators were available experienced no problems while spraying compared to those who said they were not available. 71.4% experienced itching or rash, srreezing and difficulties in breathing, p value 0.005. Training was associated with operational problems. 66% of Spray operators who had good training acquired more skill and had less problems in imple…
abstract: The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All the 122 service providers were purposively selected into the study. This included 8 program officers and 114 spray operators. Data was collected using two separate semi-structured interview schedules and a checklist for program officers. The study sought to answer research questions on; policy challenges, operational challenges, institutional challenges and how these challenges can be addressed. The study was analyzed using SPSS version 11.5, Epi-info version 6 and content analysis, then Univariate and bivariate analysis. Chi-square was used to determine the association of the qualitative variables and the outcome (IRS challenges). The qualitative variables include adherence to policy guidelines, availability of IRS logistics and acceptability of IR§.Policy challenges; the study revealed varied levels of compliance across different components of policy guidelines on DDT. The highest level of corripliance n=7 was with storage and disposal guidelines, while n=4 did not comply with use and environmental safeguards. Program officers said that Spray operators used to spill DDT on the ground. Operational challenges; the most significant factors fownd to be associated with implementation of IRS were availsJDility of logistics, level of training, and acceptability of IRS. A significant association was found between availability of respirators and experienced problem, majority 81.3% of the respondents who said respirators were available experienced no problems while spraying compared to those who said they were not available. 71.4% experienced itching or rash, srreezing and difficulties in breathing, p value 0.005. Training was associated with operational problems. 66% of Spray operators who had good training acquired more skill and had less problems in imple…
author: Mwiinga, Vivian
language: en
keywords: Mararia control-Zambia, Household Spraying
date published: 2012-08-09
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:07:08Z
provider: University of Zimbabwe
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Zimbabwe