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Factors influencing insecticide treated net utilization among women in Uganda
Authors: Douglas Andabati Candia, and Peter Jegrace Jehopio
Source: International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, 2(3): 55-60
Topic(s): Insecticidetreated mosquito nets (ITNs)
Women's health
Country: Africa
  Uganda
Published: MAY 2017
Abstract: The study aimed at identifying factors influencing insecticide treated net utilization among women in Uganda. Assessment was done using a multinomial logistic regression model and secondary data from the Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey consisting of women age 15-49 selected from 5,802 households selected countrywide. The significant determinants of ITN utilization were age of the respondent, region where the respondent resided, ownership of a radio, presence of a child under five in the household and the sex of the household head. ITN utilization generally increased with; increase in age, residing in regions other than the Central region, ownership of a radio, having a child under five in the household and belonging to a male headed household. Keywords: ITN, utilization, women, Uganda
Web: http://www.allscientificjournal.com/archives/2017/vol2/issue3/2-3-27