Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia
Background: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess insecticide-treated nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Shebel Be...
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| author | Yeshitla Getnet Abraham Teym Moges Wubie Sintayehu Shiferaw Bayou Tilahun Assaye Zelalem Aneley Habitamu Mekonen Abera Habtamu Temesgen |
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| description | Background: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess insecticide-treated nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia. Objective: To assess insecticide-treated bed nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia, in 2023. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 15 to April 30, 2023, on 505 randomly selected pregnant women. Data were collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and observational checklist, analyzed with EpiData 3.1 and SPSS 25. Significant factors associated with long-lasting insecticide-treated nets were identified (P < .05, 95% CI) and were reported as statistically significant factors associated with the utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets. Results: The utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets was 45.10% [95% CI: 40.5%-49.2%]. Mothers who had antenatal care follow-up (AOR = 3.359; 95%CI: 1.829, 6.166), mothers with illiterate educational status (AOR = 0.196; 95%CI: 0.064-0.603), and mothers who had received information (message) (AOR = 8.102; 95%CI: 3.942-16.653) were significantly associated with long lasting insecticide-treated net utilization. Conclusion: Utilization of long lasting insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women was 45.1%, which was lower than the WHO standard. Attending antenatal care, receiving information (messages) about malaria and long lasting insecticide-treated net, and mother’s being literate had a substantial impact on long lasting insecticide-treated net utilization. Therefore, efforts should be made to strengthen ANC service, health information and women’s educational status to increase utilization of long lasting insecticide-treated nets. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41d294b3c2ae4c238f34d2e3cf83c4222025-08-20T01:47:25ZengSAGE PublishingEnvironmental Health Insights1178-63022024-10-011810.1177/11786302241291957Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest EthiopiaYeshitla Getnet0Abraham Teym1Moges Wubie2Sintayehu Shiferaw3Bayou Tilahun Assaye4Zelalem Aneley5Habitamu Mekonen Abera6Habtamu Temesgen7Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaDepartment of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, EthiopiaBackground: Insecticide-treated bed nets are cost-effective vector control methods for malaria prevention. Malaria during pregnancy poses a significant health problem in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess insecticide-treated nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia. Objective: To assess insecticide-treated bed nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia, in 2023. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 15 to April 30, 2023, on 505 randomly selected pregnant women. Data were collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and observational checklist, analyzed with EpiData 3.1 and SPSS 25. Significant factors associated with long-lasting insecticide-treated nets were identified (P < .05, 95% CI) and were reported as statistically significant factors associated with the utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets. Results: The utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets was 45.10% [95% CI: 40.5%-49.2%]. Mothers who had antenatal care follow-up (AOR = 3.359; 95%CI: 1.829, 6.166), mothers with illiterate educational status (AOR = 0.196; 95%CI: 0.064-0.603), and mothers who had received information (message) (AOR = 8.102; 95%CI: 3.942-16.653) were significantly associated with long lasting insecticide-treated net utilization. Conclusion: Utilization of long lasting insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women was 45.1%, which was lower than the WHO standard. Attending antenatal care, receiving information (messages) about malaria and long lasting insecticide-treated net, and mother’s being literate had a substantial impact on long lasting insecticide-treated net utilization. Therefore, efforts should be made to strengthen ANC service, health information and women’s educational status to increase utilization of long lasting insecticide-treated nets.https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302241291957 |
| spellingShingle | Yeshitla Getnet Abraham Teym Moges Wubie Sintayehu Shiferaw Bayou Tilahun Assaye Zelalem Aneley Habitamu Mekonen Abera Habtamu Temesgen Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia Environmental Health Insights |
| title | Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia |
| title_full | Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia |
| title_short | Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Utilization and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Shebel Berenta District, Northwest Ethiopia |
| title_sort | long lasting insecticide treated nets utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in shebel berenta district northwest ethiopia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302241291957 |
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