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Trial reportMalaria journal2022

Ideational factors and their association with insecticide treated net use in Magoe District, Mozambique.

Joshua O Yukich, Paul Hutchinson, Baltazar Candrinho, Jessica Butts, Filipe Murimirgua, Thomas P Eisele, Rose Zulliger

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Malaria journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Joshua O YukichCenter for Applied Malaria Research and Evaluation, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. jyukich@tulane.edu.
Paul HutchinsonCenter for Applied Malaria Research and Evaluation, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Science, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Baltazar CandrinhoNational Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
Jessica ButtsU.S. President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Filipe MurimirguaMalaria Programme, Provincial Department of Health, Tete, Mozambique.
Thomas P EiseleCenter for Applied Malaria Research and Evaluation, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Rose ZulligerU.S. President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maputo, Mozambique.
Tulane University · USInstituto Superior Politecnico de Tete · MZMinistry of Health · MZU.S. President's Malaria Initiative · US

Funding

President's Malaria Initiative AID-656-C-17-00002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInsecticide treated bed nets (ITN) are considered a core malaria vector control tool by the WHO and are the main contributor to the large decline in malaria burden in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 20 years, but they are less effective if they are not broadly and regularly used. ITN use may depend on factors including temperature, relative humidity, mosquito density, seasonality, as well as ideational or psychosocial factors including perceptions of nets and perceptions of net use behaviours.

methodsA cross-sectional household survey was conducted as part of a planned randomized controlled trial in Magoe District, Mozambique. Interviewers captured data on general malaria and ITN perceptions including ideational factors related to perceived ITN response efficacy, self-efficacy to use an ITN, and community norms around ITN using a standardized questionnaire. Only households with sufficient ITNs present for all children to sleep under (at least one ITN for every two children under the age of five years) were eligible for inclusion in the study. Additional questions were added about seasonality and frequency of ITN use.

resultsOne-thousand six hundred sixteen mother-child dyads were interviewed. Responses indicated gaps in use of existing nets and net use was largely independent of ideational factors related to ITNs. Self-reported ITN use varied little by season nor meaningfully when different methods were used to solicit responses on net use behaviour. Mothers' perceived response efficacy of ITNS was negatively associated with net use (high perceived response efficacy reduced the log-odds of net use by 0.27 (95% CI - 0.04 to - 0.51), implying that stronger beliefs in the effectiveness of ITNs might result in reduced net use among their children.

conclusionsIn this context, ITN use among children was not clearly related to mothers' ideational factors measured in the study. Scales used in solicitation of ideation around ITN use and beliefs need careful design and testing across a broader range of populations in order to identify ideational factors related to ITN use among those with access.

Indexed as

AnophelesInsecticidesInsecticide-Treated BednetsMalariaAnimalsChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMosquito ControlMosquito VectorsMozambiqueInsecticidesIdeation behaviourInsecticide treated bed-netsMalaria

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PMID36528569
PMCPMC9758899
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