Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The importance of net durability and the average useful life of a net is increasingly recognized as one of the critical factors that determine how often nets need to be replaced. A study to assess the effect of a net care and repair behaviour change communication (BCC) programme on net durability was conducted in one district in Eastern Uganda with a district in a neighbouring region serving as a comparison. Both districts had received LLINs in September of 2012. METHODS:The intervention was comprised of radio programmes, school and community events. Two-stage cluster sampling household surveys to assess net condition, exposure to BCC messages, and attitudes towards net care and repair were conducted in both districts at baseline (2-3 months post net distribution) and endline (20-21 months post distribution). Net condition was assessed using the proportionate hole index, with nets being classified as either serviceable or too torn. RESULTS:The intervention led to an additional 31.2 % increased exposure to net care and repair messages in the intervention district. Respondents in the intervention district had a more positive attitude towards net care and repair (32 % of respondents were classified as having a very positive attitude compared to 10 % in the comparison district), which was positively associated with the number of channels through which messages had been received (P < 0.001). Nets belonging to respondents with a very positive attitude were more often categorized as serviceable (80.2 %) compared to respondents with a poor/average attitude (66.4 %; odds ratio: 2.05, P = 0.028); however, this was only observed for the net brand with the greater physical integrity. Additionally, socio-economic status was a significant predictor of net condition. Although nets in the intervention district had significantly more repairs done per net, the act of repairing alone did not improve net condition. CONCLUSIONS:In conclusion, the evaluation showed that the BCC programme resulted in improved knowledge and attitudes towards care and repair, which impacted positively on net condition. Repairs alone were not sufficient to improve net condition. Additional research on which care behaviours and attitudes are most associated with improved net condition would help BCC planners hone their campaigns.
journal_name
Malar Jjournal_title
Malaria journalauthors
Helinski MH,Namara G,Koenker H,Kilian A,Hunter G,Acosta A,Scandurra L,Selby RA,Mulondo K,Fotheringham M,Lynch Mdoi
10.1186/s12936-015-0899-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-22 00:00:00pages
366issn
1475-2875pii
10.1186/s12936-015-0899-5journal_volume
14pub_type
杂志文章相关文献
MALARIA JOURNAL文献大全abstract:BACKGROUND:Certain species of macaques are natural hosts of Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium cynomolgi, which can both cause malaria in humans, and Plasmodium inui, which can be experimentally transmitted to humans. A significant number of zoonotic malaria cases have been reported in humans throughout Southeast Asia,...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03424-0
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax is a major cause of malaria and is still primarily treated with chloroquine. Chloroquine inhibits the polymerization of haem to inert haemozoin. Free haem monomers are thought to catalyze oxidative damage to the Plasmodium spp. trophozoite, the stage when haemoglobin catabolism is maximal. H...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-94
更新日期:2008-05-27 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Adequate malaria diagnosis and treatment remain major difficulties in rural sub-Saharan Africa. These issues deserve renewed attention in the light of first-line treatment with expensive artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) and changing patterns of transmission intensity. This study describes diagnostic and...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-232
更新日期:2008-11-05 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is estimated that over 70% of patients with suspected malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, diagnose and manage their illness at home without referral to a formal health clinic. Of those patients who do attend a formal health clinic, malaria overdiagnosis rates are estimated to range between 30-70%. METHODS:Thi...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-33
更新日期:2008-02-18 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Multiple red blood cell (RBC) variants appear to offer protection against the most severe forms of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Associations between these variants and uncomplicated malaria are less clear. METHODS:Data from a longitudinal cohort study conducted in 3 sub-counties in Uganda was used to quan...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1186/s12936-020-3105-3
更新日期:2020-01-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:DNA microarrays have been a valuable tool in malaria research for over a decade but remain in limited use in part due their relatively high cost, poor availability, and technical difficulty. With the aim of alleviating some of these factors next-generation DNA microarrays for genome-wide transcriptome analys...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-187
更新日期:2012-06-08 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the profile of antibodies against several antigens of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in Mandalay, Myanmar. METHODS:Malaria parasites were identified by microscopic examination. To test the antibodies against P. vivax and P. falciparum in sera, an indirect...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-228
更新日期:2011-08-06 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:With less than one severe case per year in average, Plasmodium vivax is very rarely associated with severe imported malaria in France. Two cases of P. vivax severe malaria occurred in patients with no evident co-morbidity. Interestingly, both cases did not occur at the primary infection but during relapses. ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-019-3067-5
更新日期:2019-12-16 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) at the community level has been advocated as a means to increase access to effective antimalarial medicines by high risk groups living in underserved areas, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. This strategy has been shown to be feasible and acceptable to the c...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-190
更新日期:2008-09-27 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for histidine rich protein 2 (HRP2) are often used to determine whether persons with fever should be treated with anti-malarials. However, Plasmodium falciparum parasites with a deletion of the hrp2 gene yield false-negative RDTs and there are concerns the sensitivity of HRP2-ba...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1768-1
更新日期:2017-03-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Residents of malaria-endemic communities spend several hours outdoors performing different activities, e.g. cooking, story-telling or eating, thereby exposing themselves to potentially-infectious mosquitoes. This compromises effectiveness of indoor interventions, notably long-lasting insecticide-treated nets...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03180-1
更新日期:2020-03-10 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Over the past 15 years, mortality and morbidity due to malaria have been reduced substantially in sub-Saharan Africa and local elimination has been achieved in some settings. This study addresses the bio-ecology of larval and adult stages of malaria vectors, Plasmodium infection in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1230-9
更新日期:2016-03-18 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Transmission of malaria from man to mosquito depends on the presence of gametocytes, the sexual stage of Plasmodium parasites in the infected host. Naturally acquired antibodies against gametocytes exist and may play a role in controlling transmission by limiting the gametocyte development in the circulation...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1827-7
更新日期:2017-04-26 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In Togo, the National Malaria Control Programme, in collaboration with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has implemented a pilot study for malaria sentinel surveillance since 2017, which consists of collecting information in real time and analysing this information for decision-making....
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03399-y
更新日期:2020-09-09 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The erythrocytic stage, where malaria parasites proliferate in human blood, is clinically significant as this causes the symptoms and illness of malaria. Experimental rodent models of malaria at the erythrocytic stage are used for the development of anti-malarial drugs and for biological analysis. An automat...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-018-2313-6
更新日期:2018-04-16 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) have been shown to be efficacious in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in many regions. Unfortunately in some areas, malaria has persisted despite the scale up of ITNs. Recent reports indicate that human behaviour and mosquito behaviour are potential threats to the e...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1575-0
更新日期:2016-11-08 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent progress in malaria control has caused renewed interest in mass drug administration (MDA) as a potential elimination strategy but the evidence base is limited. China has extensive experience with MDA, but it is not well documented. METHODS:An ecological study was conducted to describe the use of MDA ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-383
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Improving the way artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is provided to patients attending clinics is critical to maximize the benefit of this new medicine. In 2007, a new initiative was launched in one part of Kenya to improve malaria case-management through enhanced in-service training and provision of job aids. ME...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-261
更新日期:2010-09-18 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Health care demand studies help to examine the behaviour of individuals and households during illnesses. Few of existing health care demand studies examine the choice of treatment services for childhood illnesses. Besides, in their analyses, many of the existing studies compare alternative treatment options ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-188
更新日期:2010-06-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) is a component of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which is widely recommended for treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. DHA is also the main metabolite of artemether and artesunate, both of which are used in ACT. Due to auto-induction metabolism, declining plasm...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-478
更新日期:2014-12-04 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Many studies have tracked the distribution and persistence of avian haemosporidian communities across space and time at the population level, but few studies have investigated these aspects of infection at the individual level over time. Important aspects of parasite infection at the individual level can be ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-40
更新日期:2013-01-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Surprisingly little is known about the geographical overlap between malaria and other tropical diseases, including helminth infections. This is despite the potential public health importance of co-infection and synergistic opportunities for control. METHODS:Statistical models are presented that predict the ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-99
更新日期:2006-11-03 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Malaria is a notifiable disease in the Netherlands, a non-endemic country. Imported malaria infections occur regularly among travellers, migrants and visitors. Surveillance data were analysed from 2008 to 2015. Trends in amounts of notifications among risk groups were analysed using Poisson regression. For a...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1711-5
更新日期:2017-02-02 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The importance of the submicroscopic reservoir of Plasmodium infections for malaria elimination depends on its size, which is generally considered small in low transmission settings. The precise estimation of this reservoir requires more sensitive parasite detection methods. The prevalence of asymptomatic, s...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0906-x
更新日期:2015-09-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Insecticide resistance in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes has become widespread throughout West Africa including in Burkina Faso. The insecticide resistance allele (kdr or L1014F) is a prime indicator that is highly correlated with phenotypic resistance in West Africa. Studies from Benin, Ghana and Mali have s...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-019-2759-1
更新日期:2019-04-11 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Zooprophylaxis, the diversion of disease carrying insects from humans to animals, may reduce transmission of diseases such as malaria. However, as the number of animals increases, improved availability of blood meals may increase mosquito survival, thereby countering the impact of diverting feeds. METHODS:C...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-32
更新日期:2003-09-19 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ethnographic studies from East Africa suggest that cerebral malaria and anaemia are not classified in local knowledge as malaria complications, but as illnesses in their own right. Cerebral malaria 'degedege' has been most researched, in spite of anaemia being a much more frequent complication in infants, an...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-111
更新日期:2006-11-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Each year, thousands of cases of uncomplicated malaria are imported into Europe by travellers. Atovaquone-proguanil (AP) has been one of the first-line regimens used in France for uncomplicated malaria for almost ten years. While AP's efficacy and tolerance were evaluated in several trials, its use in "real ...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-399
更新日期:2013-11-07 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In Uganda, treatment of clinical malaria and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) are common during pregnancy. As a result, both formal and informal reports from antenatal sources suggest possible misuse of SP for malaria treatment among pregnant women. The objective of this...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12936-015-0702-7
更新日期:2015-05-03 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patterns of decreasing malaria transmission intensity make presumptive treatment of malaria an unjustifiable approach in many African settings. The controlled use of anti-malarials after laboratory confirmed diagnosis is preferable in low endemic areas. Diagnosis may be facilitated by malaria rapid diagnosti...
journal_title:Malaria journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-76
更新日期:2011-04-02 00:00:00