This study was undertaken with an aim of exploring community knowledge and treatment practices related to malaria and their determinants in high- and low-transmission areas of central India. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out between August 2015 and January 2016 in two high- and two low-malaria-endemic districts of central India. A total of 1470 respondents were interviewed using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Respondents residing in high-transmission areas with higher literacy levels, and of higher socioeconomic status, were found to practise more modern preventive measures than those living in low-transmission areas with low literacy levels and who were economically poor. Level of literacy, socioeconomic status and area (district) of residence were found to be the main factors affecting people’s knowledge of malaria aetiology and clinical features, and prevention and treatment practices, in this community in central India.

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印度中部高传播和低传播地区疟疾社区知识和实践的社会经济决定因素

本研究旨在探索印度中部高传播和低传播地区与疟疾及其决定因素相关的社区知识和治疗实践。2015 年 8 月至 2016 年 1 月期间，在印度中部的两个疟疾高发区和两个低疟疾流行区开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。使用预先测试的结构化访谈时间表对总共 1470 名受访者进行了访谈。发现居住在文化水平较高、社会经济地位较高的高传播地区的受访者比生活在文化水平低、经济贫困的低传播地区的受访者采取了更现代的预防措施。识字水平，