Malaria Journal | |
The role of gender on malaria preventive behaviour among rural households in Kenya | |
Research | |
Beatrice W. Muriithi1  Sarah Kingori Wanja1  Hippolyte D. Affognon2  Gracious M. Diiro3  Clifford Mutero4  Charles Mbogo5  | |
[1] International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya;International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya;International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Bamako, Mali;International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya;Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya;UP Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya; | |
关键词: Malaria preventive behaviour; Count models; Gender; Kenya; | |
DOI : 10.1186/s12936-015-1039-y | |
received in 2015-08-20, accepted in 2015-12-08, 发布年份 2016 | |
来源: Springer | |
【 摘 要 】
BackgroundMalaria remains a major health and development challenge in the sub-Saharan African economies including Kenya, yet it can be prevented. Technologies to prevent malaria are available but are not universally adopted by male- and female-headed households. The study thus, examined the role of gender in malaria prevention, examining adoption behaviour between male- and female-headed households in Kenya.MethodsThe study uses a recent baseline cross-section survey data collected from 2718 households in parts of western and eastern Kenya. Two separate models were estimated for male- and female-headed households to determine if the drivers of adoption differ between the two categories of households.ResultsThe findings from the study show that: access to public health information, residing in villages with higher experience in malaria prevention, knowledge on the cause and transmission of malaria significantly increase the number of practices adopted in both male- and female-headed households. On the other hand, formal education of the household head and livestock units owned exhibited a positive and significant effect on adoption among male-headed households, but no effect among female-headed households.ConclusionsThe findings from thus study suggest that universal policy tools can be used to promote uptake of integrated malaria prevention practices, for female- and male-headed households.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© Diiro et al. 2016
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