Logistic regression models to investigate the association between malaria training service readiness, health aid and utilisation (n=2118)
| Variables | Malaria training service readiness | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Advice or treatment | Heel/Finger stick | Receiving ACT | Any malaria services | |
| OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | |
| Malaria training readiness | ||||
| Medium | 1·259 (0·878 to 1·804) | 1·433 (0·820 to 2·506) | 1·137 (0·743 to 1·739) | 1·263 (0·890 to 1·791) |
| High | 0·852 (0·504 to 1·440) | 1·197 (0·548 to 2·617) | 0·728 (0·390 to 1·359) | 0·846 (0·509 to 1·408) |
| Health aid (project count) | 0·964 (0·906 to 1·026) | 0·972 (0·887 to 1·066) | 1·007 (0·939 to 1·081) | 0·983 (0·926 to 1·043) |
| Night-time lights | 1·010 (0·863 to 1·183) | 1·023 (0·819 to 1·280) | 1·126 (0·927 to 1·368) | 0·996 (0·853 to 1·164) |
| Population | 1·000** (1·000 to 1·000) | 1·000** (1·000 to 1·000) | 1·000 (1·000 to 1·000) | 1·000* (1·000 to 1·000) |
| Area (square km) | 1·009** (1·000 to 1·017) | 1·016*** (1·005 to 1·028) | 1·008 (0·997 to 1·019) | 1·006 (0·999 to 1·014) |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| Primary | 1·243 (0·881 to 1·755) | 1·544 (0·887 to 2·686) | 1·229 (0·816 to 1·850) | 1·282 (0·914 to 1·798) |
| Secondary | 1·522* (0·972 to 2·385) | 2·023** (1·030 to 3·977) | 1·516 (0·875 to 2·626) | 1·551* (0·998 to 2·409) |
| Higher | 0·854 (0·184 to 3·968) | 2·422 (0·482 to 12·185) | 0·968 (0·120 to 7·833) | 0·850 (0·183 to 3·940) |
| Age of mother | 1·004 (0·985 to 1·023) | 0·996 (0·968 to 1·025) | 1·004 (0·981 to 1·027) | 0·996 (0·977 to 1·015) |
| Age of child | 0·896** (0·821 to 0·979) | 0·893* (0·785 to 1·016) | 0·973 (0·875 to 1·082) | 0·908** (0·833 to 0·989) |
| Distance from nearest Health Facility | 0·963 (0·898 to 1·032) | 0·947 (0·850 to 1·055) | 0·947 (0·872 to 1·030) | 0·963 (0·900 to 1·031) |
| Wealth Index | ||||
| Poorer | 1·307 (0·891 to 1·918) | 1·076 (0·619 to 1·871) | 0·955 (0·616 to 1·481) | 1·283 (0·885 to 1·862) |
| Middle | 0·982 (0·657 to 1·467) | 0·707 (0·387 to 1·293) | 0·661* (0·411 to 1·063) | 0·961 (0·651 to 1·418) |
| Richer | 1·130 (0·760 to 1·679) | 0·775 (0·433 to 1·386) | 0·938 (0·599 to 1·471) | 1·125 (0·766 to 1·653) |
| Richest | 1·109 (0·696 to 1·765) | 0·818 (0·426 to 1·571) | 0·697 (0·393 to 1·235) | 1·094 (0·694 to 1·724) |
| Geographic classification | ||||
| Rural | 0·831 (0·526 to 1·312) | 0·650 (0·349 to 1·211) | 1·157 (0·648 to 2·064) | 0·940 (0·599 to 1·473) |
| Malaria Ecology Index | 2·477*** (1·504 to 4·079) | 2·187** (1·067 to 4·485) | 1·995** (1·090 to 3·650) | 2·384*** (1·462 to 3·890) |
| Constant | 0·071*** (0·021 to 0·239) | 0·019*** (0·003 to 0·112) | 0·052*** (0·012 to 0·231) | 0·089*** (0·027 to 0·294) |
Reference group includes low malaria service readiness, low malaria diagnostic readiness, low malaria training readiness, no education, poorest and urban geographic location.
****P<0.01, **P<0.05, *P<0.1.
ACT, artemisinin-based combination therapy.