Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets.
In field trials of permethrin-treated bed nets in a large Mandinka village, 95% of people were already sleeping under locally-made nets. They lasted about 6 years and cost about US$9.00 ($1.50 per year). Two permethrin dips per year added a further $0.60 per year (1985 prices). Non-immune children s...
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| description | In field trials of permethrin-treated bed nets in a large Mandinka village, 95% of people were already sleeping under locally-made nets. They lasted about 6 years and cost about US$9.00 ($1.50 per year). Two permethrin dips per year added a further $0.60 per year (1985 prices). Non-immune children slept in beds shared with adults, and people wanted nets for many reasons, not just malaria protection. Fifty-eight per cent of people preferred opaque sheeting to open netting; sheeting gave more privacy, lasted longer, gave better protection from very small insects, dust, rats, etc. White was the colour preferred by 90% of interviewees. Comparing Mandinka with Wolof and Fula, there were ethnic differences in net owning and the proportion of children sleeping in beds with a mattress. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9ebbfee4-3334-4a08-92af-21446265b1812022-03-27T00:52:15ZGambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9ebbfee4-3334-4a08-92af-21446265b181EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1986MacCormack, CSnow, RIn field trials of permethrin-treated bed nets in a large Mandinka village, 95% of people were already sleeping under locally-made nets. They lasted about 6 years and cost about US$9.00 ($1.50 per year). Two permethrin dips per year added a further $0.60 per year (1985 prices). Non-immune children slept in beds shared with adults, and people wanted nets for many reasons, not just malaria protection. Fifty-eight per cent of people preferred opaque sheeting to open netting; sheeting gave more privacy, lasted longer, gave better protection from very small insects, dust, rats, etc. White was the colour preferred by 90% of interviewees. Comparing Mandinka with Wolof and Fula, there were ethnic differences in net owning and the proportion of children sleeping in beds with a mattress. |
| spellingShingle | MacCormack, C Snow, R Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets. |
| title | Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets. |
| title_full | Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets. |
| title_short | Gambian cultural preferences in the use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets. |
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