A good night’s sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar
Open Access
- 13 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 12 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-203
Abstract
Intensive malaria control interventions in the United Republic of Tanzania have contributed to reductions in malaria prevalence. Given that malaria control remains reliant upon continued use of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs) even when the threat of malaria has been reduced, this qualitative study sought to understand how changes in perceived risk influence LLIN usage, and to explore in more detail the benefits of net use that are unrelated to malaria.Keywords
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