Individual and Community Factors Associated with Household Insecticide-Treated Bednet Usage in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Two Years after Mass Distribution
المؤلفون المشاركون
Mensah, Emmanuel Angmorteh
Anto, Francis
المصدر
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-09-24
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Purpose.
In the year 2015, the Ghana Health Service launched a free mass insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution campaign in the Sunyani West district of Ghana with the aim of improving household ownership to increase usage.
This study determined the level of ownership and usage of ITNs and associated factors among households in the Sunyani West district two years after the mass distribution campaign.
Methods.
Study participants were identified using the systematic approach in all five subdistricts of the Sunyani West district and interviewed, and data were collected on household ITN ownership.
Data were also collected on the source of the ITN and whether the respondent slept under an ITN the previous night.
Data on individual and community factors associated with ITN ownership and usage were also collected.
Pearson chi-square tests and logistic regression were performed to determine factors significantly associated with ITN ownership and usage.
Results.
The level of ITN ownership was 78.93% and usage was 55.93%.
Most of the participants (73.62%) received their nets during the 2015 mass distribution campaign, 39 (11.96%) received their ITNs during antenatal care visits, whilst 27 (8.28%) bought the nets from the store.
People who experience irritation (χ2 = 23.32; p < 0.001) and respondents who did not perceive themselves as likely to be beaten by mosquitoes or get malaria (χ2 = 26.61; p < 0.001) were less likely to use ITNs.
Respondents who used other malaria/mosquito bite prevention methods were also less likely to use the ITNs (χ2 = 206.26; p = 0.001), but individuals who received free nets were likely to use them.
Conclusion.
ITN ownership was high, but usage was low and far below the national target.
Intense health education emphasizing the fact that everybody is susceptible to malaria may help improve usage.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Mensah, Emmanuel Angmorteh& Anto, Francis. 2020. Individual and Community Factors Associated with Household Insecticide-Treated Bednet Usage in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Two Years after Mass Distribution. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184387
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Mensah, Emmanuel Angmorteh& Anto, Francis. Individual and Community Factors Associated with Household Insecticide-Treated Bednet Usage in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Two Years after Mass Distribution. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184387
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Mensah, Emmanuel Angmorteh& Anto, Francis. Individual and Community Factors Associated with Household Insecticide-Treated Bednet Usage in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Two Years after Mass Distribution. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184387
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1184387
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر