Idowu Olufunmilayo A, Sam-Wobo Sammy O, Oluwole Akinola S, Adediran Adekunle S
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 Mar;47(3):117-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01898.x. Epub 2010 Nov 21.
A survey was carried out to assess awareness, possession and use of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) by mothers in preventing malaria among children under 5 years old.
Pretested questionnaires were administered by trained research assistants to women that have had a child in the last 59 months, irrespective of place of child delivery.
Malaria was considered dangerous by almost all respondents (98.5%); the level of awareness of ITN as a malaria preventive tool was 75.1% while possession was 45%. Awareness and possession of ITN were positively and significantly influenced by high educational qualification of mothers and attendance of a public hospital for antenatal care. Hospitals were identified as the major source of awareness among respondents; women that delivered their babies in traditional birth home displayed least awareness (38.6%) and recorded low possession (10%). There was no significant relationship between ITN usage, birth order and age of child. Heat experienced while sleeping under ITN and problem of how to hang the net were major limitations identified in the use of ITN.
The need to involve women receiving antenatal care outside the hospital in malaria control intervention is hereby recommended. Methods of bridging ITN possession and use needs to de developed.
开展一项调查，以评估母亲对经杀虫剂处理蚊帐（ITN）在预防5岁以下儿童疟疾方面的知晓度、拥有情况及使用情况。
由经过培训的研究助理向在过去59个月内生育过孩子的妇女发放经过预测试的问卷，无论孩子的出生地在哪里。
几乎所有受访者（98.5%）都认为疟疾很危险；对ITN作为疟疾预防工具的知晓度为75.1%，而拥有率为45%。母亲的高学历和在公立医院进行产前检查对ITN的知晓度和拥有率有积极且显著的影响。医院被确定为受访者知晓信息的主要来源；在传统分娩场所分娩的妇女知晓度最低（38.6%），拥有率也很低（10%）。ITN的使用情况、生育顺序和孩子年龄之间没有显著关系。在ITN下睡觉感到热以及如何挂蚊帐的问题是ITN使用中发现的主要限制因素。
在此建议有必要让在医院外接受产前护理的妇女参与疟疾控制干预。需要开发弥补ITN拥有和使用需求的方法。
