Table 2. Determinants of accessing appropriate antimalarials (ACT) on the same or next day (promptly) for children under five reported to have fever by geographical-climatic strata.
| Unadjusted OR | Adjusted OR | |||
| Prompt access to ACT in all strata * n = 607 | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Seeking care at government health facility | 17.7 | 10.55–29.54 | 16.87 | 10.06–28.28 |
| Better-offs [Quintile 3+] | 2.1 | 1.39–3.28 | ||
| Convulsion and loss of consciousness | 1.9 | 0.57–6.26 | ||
| Knowledge that high fever or mosquitoes causes convulsion to children | 0.7 | 0.50–1.09 | ||
| Knowledge that dawa mseto (Coartem®) is the recommended drug for the treatment of malaria ya kawaida [uncomplicated malaria] | 2.04 | 1.36–3.07 | 1.26 | 0.76–2.09 |
| Prompt access to ACT in Wet-Lowland areas n = 174 | ||||
| Seeking care at government health facility | 19.4 | 6.5–57.5 | 16.77 | 6.55–42.97 |
| Better-offs [Quintile 3+] | 0.4 | 0.1–1.4 | ||
| Convulsion and loss of consciousness | 3.1 | 0.60–16.4 | ||
| Knowledge that high fever or mosquitoes causes convulsion to children | 0.7 | 0.34–1.61 | ||
| Knowledge that dawa mseto (Coartem®) is the recommended drug for the treatment of malaria ya kawaida [uncomplicated malaria] | 10.8 | 2.6–44.6 | 7.76 | 1.54–39.08 |
| Prompt access to ACT in Dry-Lowland areas n = 173 | ||||
| Seeking care at government health facility | 23.9 | 9.1–62.8 | 17.75 | 7.10–44.37 |
| Better-offs [Quintile 3+] | 0.8 | 0.3–2.2 | ||
| Convulsion and loss of consciousness** | - | - | ||
| Knowledge that high fever or mosquitoes causes convulsion to children | 0.6 | 0.28–1.18 | ||
| Knowledge that dawa mseto (Coartem®) is the recommended drug for the treatment of malaria ya kawaida [uncomplicated malaria] | 0.7 | 0.3–1.9 | ||
| Prompt access to ACT in Wet-Highland areas n = 158 | ||||
| Seeking care at government health facility | 3.4 | 1.0–11.6 | 3.91 | 1.33–11.47 |
| Better-offs [Quintile 3+] | 1.3 | 0.4–3.5 | ||
| Convulsion and loss of consciousness | 3.85 | 0.59–25.1 | ||
| Knowledge that high fever or mosquitoes causes convulsion to children | 1.3 | 0.54–3.2 | ||
| Knowledge that dawa mseto (Coartem®) is the recommended drug for the treatment of malaria ya kawaida [uncomplicated malaria] | 1.7 | 0.6–5.3 | ||
| Prompt access to ACT in Dry-Highland areas n = 102 | ||||
| Seeking care at government health facility | 43.5 | 8.7–216.7 | 38.34 | 10.44–140.73 |
| Better-offs [Quintile 3+] | 0.6 | 0.2–2.2 | ||
| Convulsion and loss of consciousness | 2.18 | 0.13–36.0 | ||
| Knowledge that high fever or mosquitoes causes convulsion to children | 3.0 | 1.29–7.14 | 2.43 | 0.77–7.71 |
| Knowledge that dawa mseto (Coartem®) is the recommended drug for the treatment of malaria ya kawaida [uncomplicated malaria] | 3.0 | 0.8–11.0 | ||
*Weighted.
**Not computed due to inadequate data.