"you need to take care of it like you take care of your soul": Perceptions and behaviours related to mosquito net damage, care, and repair in Senegal

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Loll, Dana K ^a   Berthe, Sara ^a   Faye, Sylvain L ^b   Wone, Issa ^b   Arnold, Bethany ^a   Koenker, Hannah ^a   Schubert, Joan ^a   Lo, Youssoufa ^a   Thwing, Julie ^c   Faye, Ousmane ^b   Weber, Rachel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Durability; Insecticide treated net; Integrity; Long lasting insecticidal net; Malaria; Net care; Net repair

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NET CARE; NET DAMAGE; NET REPAIR; PERCEPTION; RETREATMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF CONCEPT; SENEGAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906930380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-322     Document Type: Article

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