"It is about how the net looks": A qualitative study of perceptions and practices related to mosquito net care and repair in two districts in eastern Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scandurra, Leah ^a   Acosta, Angela ^a   Koenker, Hannah ^a   Kibuuka, Daniel Musoke ^b   Harvey, Steven ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Service for Generations (SFG) International   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

BCC; Bed nets; Direct observation; ITN; LLIN; Malaria; Net care and repair; Qualitative research; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIO RECORDING; BED NET; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPREHENSION; ESTHETICS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SANITATION; SOCIAL NORM; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; UGANDA; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924285450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-504     Document Type: Article

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