Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014

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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Heard malaria message about taking full course of medicine (HH respondent) (C_MLMSGFULLCORSHH)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 541

End: 541

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

136E) In the past 6 months, have you seen or heard any messages telling you that:

a) Treatment should be sought from health facilities within 24 hours or onset of fever, especially for children under 5 years?

b) The Ghana Health Service recommends ACT (Artesunate Amodiaquine/AA, Artemether Lumefantrin/AL, Dihydroartemisinine-Piperaquine/DHAP) as medicine for malaria treatment?

c) The full course of malaria medicine, ACT (artesunate Amodiaquine, Artemether Lumefantrin, Dihydroartemisinine-Piperaquine) should be completed?

d) Pregnant women should attend ANC and take 3 doses of SP/Fansidar during pregnancy to prevent malaria?

e) Families should sleep under Insecticides Treated Net to protect them from Malaria, especially pregnant women and children under five years?

SEEKING URGENT CARE

YES 1
NO 2

GHS RECOMMENDATION

YES 1
NO 2

COMPLETING FULL COURSE

YES 1
NO 2

ATTENDING ANC

YES 1
NO 2

SLEEPING UNDER NETS

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
6	Non-resident
8	Missing

Description

Definition

MLMSGFULLCORSHH indicates whether, in response to a yes/no question, the respondent for the household survey reported having recently heard or seen a message recommending completion of the full course of ACT [artemisinin-based combination therapy] medicine to treat malaria.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Antimalaria protection Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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