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Use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets in a population with universal coverage following a mass distribution campaign in Uganda

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, June 2016
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Title
Use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets in a population with universal coverage following a mass distribution campaign in Uganda
Published in
Malaria Journal, June 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12936-016-1360-0
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Humphrey Wanzira, Henry Katamba, Denis Rubahika

Abstract

Uganda conducted an LLIN mass distribution campaign in 2013 with the goal of achieving universal coverage. Using data from the 2014 malaria indicator survey, this analysis estimated the proportion of the population with access to an LLIN that slept under one the night before the survey and factors associated with not using an LLIN in households that had achieved universal coverage. This was a secondary data analysis using the 2014 malaria indicator survey dataset. The outcome was use of an LLIN among households that achieved universal coverage, while independent variables include age, gender, number of household members, residence, number of sleeping rooms, spraying of rooms with insecticide, number of children under 5 years of age, number of women of child-bearing age, relationship structure and community distribution of ant-malarial medicine. Overall, 3361 (62 %) households of the 5345 achieved universal coverage and were included in the analysis giving a total population of 14,450 individuals. Of these, 11,884 (80.10 %) reported to have slept under an LLIN the night before the survey. Children between 6 and 14 years were significantly less likely to use an LLIN when compared to those under 5 years (75.26 vs 83.12 %), [adjusted OR, 1.29 (1.11-1.49), p = 0.001]. The odds of not using an LLIN, significantly increased from households with five members when compared to those that had one member (79.53 vs 84.88 %), [adjusted OR, 2.16 (1.38-3.38), p = 0.001] and rising even further in households with six or more members (78.04 vs 84.88 %), [OR, 2.27 (1.36-3.71), p = 0.003]. This analysis has showed that 80 % of the population used an LLIN among households that achieved universal coverage following the 2013 mass distribution campaign, especially among children under 5 years, an operational success in this category. However, children between 6 and 14 years and individuals from households with five or more numbers are less likely to use the LLINs. In order to improve usage in these categories, it may require re-focusing the behaviour change communication message to be all-inclusive, especially in era of universal coverage, and to increase the number of LLINs distributed in households with more than four members during future mass distribution campaigns, respectively.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Nigeria 1 <1%
Ghana 1 <1%
Unknown 107 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 21 19%
Student > Master 21 19%
Student > Bachelor 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 9%
Student > Postgraduate 6 6%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 27 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 22%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 12%
Social Sciences 7 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 5%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 28 26%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 June 2016.
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#7,149,742
of 22,876,619 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#2,239
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#114,996
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Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#54
of 152 outputs
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