A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding malaria and bed nets on Bubaque Island, Guinea-Bissau.

Malaria Journal
Harry HutchinsAnna Last

Abstract

Malaria remains a significant public health problem in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Government control measures include bed net distribution campaigns, however, local knowledge, attitudes and practices towards bed nets and malaria are uncharacterized on the remote Bijagos Archipelago. Knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaires were conducted with household heads, aiming to explore the understanding of malaria and factors influencing bed net uptake and usage. Nets were observed in situ to appraise net quality and behaviour. All 14 villages and one semi-urban neighbourhood on Bubaque Island were included. One in 5 households containing school-aged children were randomly selected. Of 100 participants, 94 were aware of malaria and 66 of those considered it a significant or severe problem, primarily because of its impact on health and income. Transmission, symptoms and risk factors were well known, however, 28.0% of participants felt under-informed. Some 80.0% reported contact with distribution campaigns, with inter-village variability. Campaign contact was associated with feeling well informed (OR 3.44; P = 0.024) and inversely with perceiving malaria a household (OR 0.18; P = 0.002) or regional problem (OR 0.25; P = 0.018). Ev...Continue Reading

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