AUTHOR=Ranjha Raju , Yadav Chander Prakash , Chourasia Mehul Kumar , Nitika  , Dash Chinmay Kumar , Kumar Jitendra 

TITLE=Knowledge Attitude and Practices of Mitanin's (Community Health Workers) in Chhattisgarh: Malaria Elimination Perspective

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2021

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.774864

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2021.774864

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Background: For the success of any programme, its implementation plays a crucial role. Community health workers are of immense importance for malaria elimination from India. 
Objective: This study was planned to assess the Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAP) of mitanins from a malaria elimination perspective and determine the factor affecting their knowledge. 
Method: Structured interviewer based questionnaire was used to collect the data, and ordinal regression was applied to analyse the data. 
Results: Only 26% of the Mitanins were having a good KAP score about malaria. Malaria endemicity of area (OR=0.26, 95% CI=0.13-0.50), p<0.001) and education (OR=0.35, 95% CI=0.18-0.69, p=0.002) were the two significant factors affecting the KAP of mitanins .
Conclusion: This study shows that prioritising education while recruiting the mitanins and training them in the low endemic areas with focus on malaria, which will help achieve the malaria elimination goal.