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Published in: Malaria Journal 1/2007

Open Access 01-12-2007 | Research

An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

Authors: Pamela Opiyo, W Richard Mukabana, Ibrahim Kiche, Evan Mathenge, Gerry F Killeen, Ulrike Fillinger

Published in: Malaria Journal | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Background

Capacity strengthening of rural communities, and the various actors that support them, is needed to enable them to lead their own malaria control programmes. Here the existing capacity of a rural community in western Kenya was evaluated in preparation for a larger intervention.

Methods

Focus group discussions and semi-structured individual interviews were carried out in 1,451 households to determine (1) demographics of respondent and household; (2) socio-economic status of the household; (3) knowledge and beliefs about malaria (symptoms, prevention methods, mosquito life cycle); (4) typical practices used for malaria prevention; (5) the treatment-seeking behaviour and household expenditure for malaria treatment; and (6) the willingness to prepare and implement community-based vector control.

Results

Malaria was considered a major threat to life but relevant knowledge was a chimera of scientific knowledge and traditional beliefs, which combined with socio-economic circumstances, leads to ineffective malaria prevention. The actual malaria prevention behaviour practiced by community members differed significantly from methods known to the respondents. Beside bednet use, the major interventions implemented were bush clearing and various hygienic measures, even though these are ineffective for malaria prevention. Encouragingly, most respondents believed malaria could be controlled and were willing to contribute to a community-based malaria control program but felt they needed outside assistance.

Conclusion

Culturally sensitive but evidence-based education interventions, utilizing participatory tools, are urgently required which consider traditional beliefs and enable understanding of causal connections between mosquito ecology, parasite transmission and the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Community-based organizations and schools need to be equipped with knowledge through partnerships with national and international research and tertiary education institutions so that evidence-based research can be applied at the grassroots level.
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Metadata
Title
An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya
Authors
Pamela Opiyo
W Richard Mukabana
Ibrahim Kiche
Evan Mathenge
Gerry F Killeen
Ulrike Fillinger
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Malaria Journal / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2875
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-48

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Epidemiologic aspects of the malaria transmission cycle in an area of very low incidence in Brazil

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Molecular identification of Palearctic members of Anopheles maculipennis in northern Iran

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Influence of oxygen on asexual blood cycle and susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine: requirement of a standardized in vitro assay

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Age-structured gametocyte allocation links immunity to epidemiology in malaria parasites

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Pilot feasibility study of an emergency paediatric kit for intra-rectal quinine administration used by the personnel of community-based health care units in Senegal

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Estimating antimalarial drugs consumption in Africa before the switch to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs)
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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

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A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology Video

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

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Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

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Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

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Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Heart Failure Video

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