We are supposed to take care of it: A qualitative examination of care and repair behaviour of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hunter, Gabrielle C ^a   Scandurra, Leah ^a   Acosta, Angela ^a   Koenker, Hannah ^a   Obi, Emmanuel ^b   Weber, Rachel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed net; Behaviour; Care; Insecticide treated net; Long lasting insecticidal nets; Mosquito net; Nigeria; Qualitative; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA;

EID: 84906931603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-320     Document Type: Article

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