ArticleInternational health2021
Householders' perception about sustaining the useful life of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Ghana.
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- "After a long day of play, I get tired and forget to unfurl my bed net": a qualitative study exploring factors affecting insecticide-treated bed net use among school-aged children in eastern Uganda.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Ownership and utilization of mosquito bed net among pregnant women in Ghana: a national population-based survey.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
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- Challenges of proper disposal of old long-lasting insecticidal nets and its alternative uses in rural south-eastern Tanzania.PloS one · 2024Article
- Pilot implementation of community health advocacy teams to improve the effectiveness of long-lasting insecticide net distribution through both campaigns and continuous channels in Ghana: a qualitative study of opportunities and barriers to implementation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Creating interventions to transition long-lasting insecticide net distribution in Ghana.BMJ open · 2022Article
- "In starvation, a bone can also be meat": a mixed methods evaluation of factors associated with discarding of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.Malaria journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis article explores the multifaceted perceptions among householders about the care, efficacy and disposal of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), especially those regarding the end of the useful life of LLINs, and their implications for malaria control.
methodsWe used a cross-sectional qualitative design. Data were gathered in the Shai-Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana using focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. A thematic analysis technique was applied to analyse the data.
resultsFour findings emerged. First, participants were familiar with LLINs and the issues concerning the end of their useful life. However, the application of this knowledge was deficient. Second, characteristics of effectiveness (e.g. torn beyond repair) other than the age of a net determined the end of the useful life of LLINs. Third, social desirability and other social practices had positive and negative influences on perceptions about LLIN use and the end of their useful life. Fourth, repurposing of LLINs signified the end of their useful life.
conclusionsPolicies and strategies to position LLIN use as the leading resource for malaria control need to be innovative to accommodate the perceptions and practices of targeted households.
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