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Adedokun, Sulaimon and Uthman, Olalekan A. (2020) Individual and contextual correlates of mosquito net use among women in Nigeria. Malaria Journal, 19 (1). 138. doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03219-3 ISSN 1475-2875.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03219-3
Abstract
Background:
Malaria has been described as an urgent public health priority with almost half of the world’s population being at risk. Use of insecticide-treated nets is considered one of the effective ways of preventing malaria. Nigeria, which is ranked among the five countries that are responsible for almost half of the global malaria cases, has less than half of its women population using mosquito nets. This study examined the effects of individual and contextual factors on the use of mosquito nets among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.
Methods:
This study used data obtained from 2015 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) which involved 6048 women aged 15–49 who possessed at least one mosquito net. Multilevel binary logistic regression models were applied in the multivariable analysis.
Results:
About 53% of the women used mosquito nets with more than 60% of uneducated and poor women in this category. The use of mosquito nets was significantly associated with being from poor households, having knowledge about the cause of malaria, having access to malaria messages, possessing knowledge about the efficacy of malaria prevention drugs during pregnancy, having knowledge about the importance of tests to detect malaria, maintaining small household size and living in the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and states.
Conclusions:
The study revealed that mosquito net use among women in Nigeria is affected by individual and contextual factors. It is important for policy makers to design a mosquito-net-use model which would take individual and contextual factors into consideration.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy Q Science > QL Zoology Q Science > QR Microbiology S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nets, Mosquitoes, Malaria, Example | ||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Malaria Journal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1475-2875 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 7 April 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 138 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-020-03219-3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 June 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 June 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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