Individual and contextual correlates of mosquito net use among women in Nigeria
Date
2020-04-07
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BMC (part of Springer Nature)
Abstract
Background: Malaria has been described as an urgent public health priority with almost half of the world’s population being at risk. Use of insecticide-treated nets is considered one of the effective ways of preventing malaria. Nigeria,
which is ranked among the five countries that are responsible for almost half of the global malaria cases, has less
than half of its women population using mosquito nets. This study examined the effects of individual and contextual
factors on the use of mosquito nets among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.
Methods: This study used data obtained from 2015 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) which involved 6048
women aged 15–49 who possessed at least one mosquito net. Multilevel binary logistic regression models were
applied in the multivariable analysis.
Results: About 53% of the women used mosquito nets with more than 60% of uneducated and poor women in this
category. The use of mosquito nets was significantly associated with being from poor households, having knowledge
about the cause of malaria, having access to malaria messages, possessing knowledge about the efficacy of malaria
prevention drugs during pregnancy, having knowledge about the importance of tests to detect malaria, maintaining
small household size and living in the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and states.
Conclusions: The study revealed that mosquito net use among women in Nigeria is affected by individual and contextual
factors. It is important for policy makers to design a mosquito-net-use model which would take individual and
contextual factors into consideration.
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CITATION: Adedokun, S. T. & Uthman, O. A. 2020. Individual and contextual correlates of mosquito net use among women in Nigeria. Malaria Journal, 19:138, doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03219-3.
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Keywords
Mosquito nets -- Use studies -- Nigeria, Malaria -- Prevention -- Equipment and supplies -- Nigeria, Women -- Nigeria
Citation
Adedokun, S. T. & Uthman, O. A. 2020. Individual and contextual correlates of mosquito net use among women in Nigeria. Malaria Journal, 19:138, doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03219-3