Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana

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• 作者：Kacey C. Ernst ; Steven Erly ; Charity Adusei ; Melanie L. Bell…
• 关键词：Malaria ; Bed nets ; Social influence ; Interpersonal influence ; Ghana ; Prevention ; Pregnancy
• 刊名：Malaria Journal
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：812KB
• 刊物主题：Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Entomology; Microbiology; Public Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1475-2875
• 卷排序：16

文摘

BackgroundDespite progress made in the last decades, malaria persists as a pressing health issue in sub-Saharan Africa. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to infection and serious health outcomes for themselves and their unborn child. Risk can be mitigated through appropriate use of control measures such as insecticide-treated bed nets. Although social networks can influence uptake of preventive strategies, the role of social influence on bed net ownership has not been explored. During an evaluation of a bed net distribution programme, the influence of non-health care advisors on ownership and use of bed nets by pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana was examined.