| Autor: |
Ojo TO; Department of Community Health, 486455Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., Anjorin OE; Department of Pharmacology, 122637Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun, Nigeria., Babatola AO; Department of Paediatrics, 92958Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria., Akinlosotu MA; Department of Paediatrics, 584611University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo, Nigeria. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Tropical doctor [Trop Doct] 2022 Oct; Vol. 52 (4), pp. 466-473. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 29. |
| DOI: |
10.1177/00494755221110374 |
| Abstrakt: |
Insecticide treated nets (ITN) are effective in malaria prevention; however, they remain underutilized among children. A secondary analysis of the 2018 Nigeria-Demographic and Health Survey including logistic regression was conducted to determine factors influencing ITN use among under-fives (U5s). Overall, 22,954 (72.4%) slept under ITN the night before the survey. Children <4 years and those in the northern regions had significantly higher odds of using ITN, as did those from households with ≤6 members and those from the lowest to middle wealth quintiles. However, among those households recorded as having "universal ITN coverage" i.e. at least one net between two persons, children <3 years, those from the rural northern regions and those from the lowest wealth category had significantly higher odds of using ITN. Interventions to improve ITN use by U5s should be intensified among households with larger size, those from the highest wealth quintiles and residents in southern Nigeria. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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