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To identify the prevalence of insecticide-treated net ownership and determine the household factors associated with consistent net usage in a resettlement area.

December 1, 2015BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Insecticide treated nets use and its determinants among settlers of Southwest Ethiopia

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To identify the prevalence of insecticide-treated net ownership and determine the household factors associated with consistent net usage in a resettlement area.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey of N=574 randomly selected households across stratified rural, peri-urban, and urban settlements in Chewaka district, southwest Ethiopia, from March to May 2013.
Administered structured interviews to assess net possession, physical integrity, washing frequency, and reported net use the prior night.
Performed multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify independent determinant factors associated with household net utilization.
Among 574 surveyed households, 72.6% possessed insecticide-treated nets (mean of 1.59 nets per household; 3.57 persons per net), and 80.0% of net-owning households used them the previous night.
Net use was significantly associated with knowledge of malaria transmission via mosquito bites (adjusted OR = 3.44, 95% CI: 1.80–6.59) and washing nets at least once (adjusted OR = 2.66, 95% CI: 1.35–5.26).
Physical damage was observed in 36.9% of nets, with 70.1% having tears greater than 2 cm and 18.8% having more than seven holes.

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Cross-sectional survey reveals gaps between net ownership and utilization in rural households, indicating that disease transmission awareness drives consistent protective bed net use.

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Berkessa et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c9db3f501f50849cf8100 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2768-8

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Cross-sectional survey reveals gaps between net ownership and utilization in rural households, indicating that disease transmission awareness drives consistent protective bed net use.

Insecticide treated nets use and its determinants among settlers of Southwest Ethiopia

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