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Table 3 Reasons for not attending ANC and not taking SP as IPTp

From: Perceptions and practices for preventing malaria in pregnancy in a peri-urban setting in south-western Uganda

 

Frequency (%)

Reason for not attending ANC

N = 262

 Was feeling healthy

213 (81.3 %)

 Was busy

52 (19.9 %)

 ANC clinic was too far

193 (73.7 %)

 Long waiting hours at the clinic

136 (51.9 %)

 Husband did not allow

42 (16.0 %)

 There is poor quality at the clinic

27 (10.3 %)

Reasons for not taking SP for malaria prevention

N = 473

 Because I was sleeping under an ITN

80 (16.9 %)

 I was not sick

170 (35.9 %)

 The health unit was far

123 (26.0 %)

 There were no drugs at the ANC clinic

68 (14.4 %)

 I was not aware of the use of SP

85 (18.0 %)

 I did not have money

65 (13.7 %)

 The health worker was busy

43 (9.1 %)

 I feared side effects

38 (8.0 %)

 I used herbs

25 (5.3 %)