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User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets

BACKGROUND: Procurement and distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the African region has decreased from 145 million in 2010 to 66 million nets in 2012. As resources for LLIN distribution appear to stagnate, it is important to understand the users’ perception of the life span of a...

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Autores principales: Loll, Dana K, Berthe, Sara, Faye, Sylvain Landry, Wone, Issa, Koenker, Hannah, Arnold, Bethany, Weber, Rachel
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3856457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-337
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author Loll, Dana K
Berthe, Sara
Faye, Sylvain Landry
Wone, Issa
Koenker, Hannah
Arnold, Bethany
Weber, Rachel
author_facet Loll, Dana K
Berthe, Sara
Faye, Sylvain Landry
Wone, Issa
Koenker, Hannah
Arnold, Bethany
Weber, Rachel
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description BACKGROUND: Procurement and distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the African region has decreased from 145 million in 2010 to 66 million nets in 2012. As resources for LLIN distribution appear to stagnate, it is important to understand the users’ perception of the life span of a net and at what point and why they stop using it. In order to get the most value out of distributed nets and to ensure that they are used for as long as possible, programmes must communicate to users about how to assess useful net life and how to extend it. METHODS: Data were collected from 114 respondents who participated in 56 in-depth interviews (IDIs) and eight focus group discussions (FGDs) in August 2012 in eight regions in Senegal. Households were eligible for the study if they owned at least one net and had an available household member over the age of 18. Data were coded by a team of four coders in ATLAS.ti using a primarily deductive approach. RESULTS: Respondents reported assessing useful net life using the following criteria: the age of net, the number and size of holes and the presence of mosquitoes in the net at night. If they had the means to do so, many respondents preferred the acquisition of a new net rather than the continued use of a very torn net. However, respondents would preferentially use newer nets, saving older, but useable nets for the future or sharing them with family or friends. Participants reported observing alternative uses of nets, primarily for nets that were considered expired. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that decisions regarding the end of net life vary among community members in Senegal, but are primarily related to net integrity. Additional research is needed into user-determined end of net life as well as care and repair behaviours, which could extend useful net life. The results from this study and from future research on this topic should be used to understand current behaviours and develop communication programmes to prolong the useful life of nets.
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spelling pubmed-38564572013-12-10 User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets Loll, Dana K Berthe, Sara Faye, Sylvain Landry Wone, Issa Koenker, Hannah Arnold, Bethany Weber, Rachel Malar J Research BACKGROUND: Procurement and distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the African region has decreased from 145 million in 2010 to 66 million nets in 2012. As resources for LLIN distribution appear to stagnate, it is important to understand the users’ perception of the life span of a net and at what point and why they stop using it. In order to get the most value out of distributed nets and to ensure that they are used for as long as possible, programmes must communicate to users about how to assess useful net life and how to extend it. METHODS: Data were collected from 114 respondents who participated in 56 in-depth interviews (IDIs) and eight focus group discussions (FGDs) in August 2012 in eight regions in Senegal. Households were eligible for the study if they owned at least one net and had an available household member over the age of 18. Data were coded by a team of four coders in ATLAS.ti using a primarily deductive approach. RESULTS: Respondents reported assessing useful net life using the following criteria: the age of net, the number and size of holes and the presence of mosquitoes in the net at night. If they had the means to do so, many respondents preferred the acquisition of a new net rather than the continued use of a very torn net. However, respondents would preferentially use newer nets, saving older, but useable nets for the future or sharing them with family or friends. Participants reported observing alternative uses of nets, primarily for nets that were considered expired. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that decisions regarding the end of net life vary among community members in Senegal, but are primarily related to net integrity. Additional research is needed into user-determined end of net life as well as care and repair behaviours, which could extend useful net life. The results from this study and from future research on this topic should be used to understand current behaviours and develop communication programmes to prolong the useful life of nets. BioMed Central 2013-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3856457/ /pubmed/24053789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-337 Text en Copyright © 2013 Loll et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Loll, Dana K
Berthe, Sara
Faye, Sylvain Landry
Wone, Issa
Koenker, Hannah
Arnold, Bethany
Weber, Rachel
User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title_full User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title_fullStr User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title_full_unstemmed User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title_short User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
title_sort user-determined end of net life in senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3856457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-337
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