Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria was responsible for 207 million illnesses per year, as of 2012. One of the main methods used to combat the mosquito-borne malaria is the use of mosquito nets. Many previous studies have examined various factors affecting malaria incidence and bed net ownership and usage, but few have made cr...

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Main Author: Pope, Benjamin
Other Authors: Tong, Daoqin
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/344231
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spelling ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-3442312015-10-23T05:35:59Z Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Pope, Benjamin Tong, Daoqin Ernst, Kacey C. Roe, Denise Statistics Malaria was responsible for 207 million illnesses per year, as of 2012. One of the main methods used to combat the mosquito-borne malaria is the use of mosquito nets. Many previous studies have examined various factors affecting malaria incidence and bed net ownership and usage, but few have made cross-country comparisons. In this study we used multilevel hierarchical regression to examine the factors which affect net ownership in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania by simultaneously accounting for effects at the individual household and regional levels. Some of the factors identified include wealth index and bicycle ownership (p-values less than 0.05). In Malawi, an effect modification between bicycle ownership and altitude was observed, so the models were stratified by bicycle ownership. 2014 text Electronic Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10150/344231 en_US Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. The University of Arizona.
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Pope, Benjamin
Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
description Malaria was responsible for 207 million illnesses per year, as of 2012. One of the main methods used to combat the mosquito-borne malaria is the use of mosquito nets. Many previous studies have examined various factors affecting malaria incidence and bed net ownership and usage, but few have made cross-country comparisons. In this study we used multilevel hierarchical regression to examine the factors which affect net ownership in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania by simultaneously accounting for effects at the individual household and regional levels. Some of the factors identified include wealth index and bicycle ownership (p-values less than 0.05). In Malawi, an effect modification between bicycle ownership and altitude was observed, so the models were stratified by bicycle ownership.
author2 Tong, Daoqin
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title Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort investigating potential socioeconomic and behavioral factors influencing mosquito net ownership in three countries in sub-saharan africa
publisher The University of Arizona.
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10150/344231
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