Indifferent to disease: A qualitative investigation of the reasons why some Papua New Guineans who own mosquito nets choose not to use them

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2283-2290

  Pulford, Justin ^a,b   Oakiva, Tania ^a   Angwin, Angeline ^a   Bryant, Miranda ^c   Mueller, Ivo ^d,e   Hetzel, Manuel W ^a,b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mosquito net; Papua New Guinea; Qualitative; Usage

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MALARIA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CONTROL STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84869497279     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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