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      <PublisherName>emergentresearch</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Emergent Life Sciences Research</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>2395-6658 (</PISSN>
      <EISSN>) 2395-664X (Print)</EISSN>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
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      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Research Article</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Determinants of pregnant women intention to meet the optimal timeframe for Intermittent Preventive Treatment to Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine against malaria</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
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          <FirstName>Gedeon</FirstName>
          <LastName>Bongo</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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      <Abstract>Malaria is the leading cause of morbitiy and mortality in DRC, precisely among children under five years and pregnant women whose some don’t receive necessary preventive or curative care. The aim of this study was to identify the psychosocial factors explaining the intention of pregnant women to respect the optimal timeframe of IPT for malaria. This was an analytical study, of correlational descriptive type. 108 pregnant women who initiated the CPN services in the structures of the Lemba Health Zone to benefit from the TPI to SP were surveyed between October and November 2015. The structured interview and the seven-level Likert scale were used to collect data. The mean age of our respondents was 27.33 ± 4.8 years, 84.3% were married, 50% had a high school education, 74% were unaware of the calendar of IPT for malaria and 70.4% know that a pregnant woman must start the antenatal in her first trimester. Behavioral beliefs (β = 0.236) and control beliefs (β = 0.235) correlate with the intention. On the other hand, the importance attributed to facilitating or detrimental factors (β = 0.131) and normative beliefs (β = 0.038) are not related to the intention. Malaria constitutes a great danger for pregnant woman and the knowledge of the IPT to SP is very important for the well-being of these women as well as of their future baby.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Malaria,Pregnant women,Intermittent Preventive Treatment,Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine,Antenatal care,Optimal timeframe,Beliefs</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://www.emergentresearch.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=5604&amp;title=Determinants of pregnant women intention to meet the optimal timeframe for Intermittent Preventive Treatment to Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine against malaria</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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