Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria
Abstract Background Although insecticide-treated bed nets are effective tools, use often does not follow ownership. House structure and space arrangements may make the attempt to use bed nets difficult, especially for school age children. The objectives of this study were to explore whether an indiv...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3ac28ec8e0854c45ac9a1e2dec439bbf 2023-05-15T15:10:48+02:00 Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria Maekawa Yoshihide Kawada Hitoshi Horio Masahiro Sonye George Kaneko Satoshi Futami Kyoko Dida Gabriel Iwashita Hanako Aoki Yoshiki Minakawa Noboru 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-176 https://doaj.org/article/3ac28ec8e0854c45ac9a1e2dec439bbf EN eng BMC http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/176 https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-176 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/3ac28ec8e0854c45ac9a1e2dec439bbf Malaria Journal, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 176 (2010) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-176 2022-12-31T06:54:58Z Abstract Background Although insecticide-treated bed nets are effective tools, use often does not follow ownership. House structure and space arrangements may make the attempt to use bed nets difficult, especially for school age children. The objectives of this study were to explore whether an individual's sleeping arrangements and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Methods Sleeping arrangements of residents were directly observed for use of a bed net, use of a bed, and location. House size, number and types of rooms, bed availability, and residents' ages were estimated. The family heads and mothers were asked about the reason for not using bed nets. Individual bed net use was examined against age and sleeping arrangement. Net use at the household level was examined against four variables: bed availability, bed net availability, house size, and number of rooms. Results Bed net use by children between five and 15 years of age was lower than that among the other age classes. However, age was dropped from the final model, and sleeping arrangement was significantly associated with net use. Net use was significantly associated with bed availability, number of rooms and their interaction. Conclusion Net use was affected by sleeping arrangement and availability of suitable locations for hanging nets, in addition to net availability. Most residents had likely not realized that sleeping arrangement was a factor in net use. The ease of hanging a net is particularly important for children. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 9 1 176 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Maekawa Yoshihide Kawada Hitoshi Horio Masahiro Sonye George Kaneko Satoshi Futami Kyoko Dida Gabriel Iwashita Hanako Aoki Yoshiki Minakawa Noboru Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria |
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Abstract Background Although insecticide-treated bed nets are effective tools, use often does not follow ownership. House structure and space arrangements may make the attempt to use bed nets difficult, especially for school age children. The objectives of this study were to explore whether an individual's sleeping arrangements and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Methods Sleeping arrangements of residents were directly observed for use of a bed net, use of a bed, and location. House size, number and types of rooms, bed availability, and residents' ages were estimated. The family heads and mothers were asked about the reason for not using bed nets. Individual bed net use was examined against age and sleeping arrangement. Net use at the household level was examined against four variables: bed availability, bed net availability, house size, and number of rooms. Results Bed net use by children between five and 15 years of age was lower than that among the other age classes. However, age was dropped from the final model, and sleeping arrangement was significantly associated with net use. Net use was significantly associated with bed availability, number of rooms and their interaction. Conclusion Net use was affected by sleeping arrangement and availability of suitable locations for hanging nets, in addition to net availability. Most residents had likely not realized that sleeping arrangement was a factor in net use. The ease of hanging a net is particularly important for children. |
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Maekawa Yoshihide Kawada Hitoshi Horio Masahiro Sonye George Kaneko Satoshi Futami Kyoko Dida Gabriel Iwashita Hanako Aoki Yoshiki Minakawa Noboru |
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Maekawa Yoshihide Kawada Hitoshi Horio Masahiro Sonye George Kaneko Satoshi Futami Kyoko Dida Gabriel Iwashita Hanako Aoki Yoshiki Minakawa Noboru |
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Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria |
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Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria |
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Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria |
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Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria |
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sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along lake victoria |
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