Factors affecting utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Ishaka
| dc.contributor.author | Nemalidde, Lydia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-20T10:01:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-20T10:01:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-03 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Diploma in Nursing Sciences | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was carried out in Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District with the purpose of identifying the factors affecting utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant mothers. A descriptive and cross sectional design was employed and 60 (sixty) respondents were selected using convenient sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The study found out that respondents faced various social factors affecting utilization of ITNs among pregnant mothers and although all the respondents 60 (100%) had ever heard of ITNs and 60 (100%) understood ITNs as an insecticide treated bed net which prevents mosquito bites, the majority of respondents 40 (66.7%) did not own an ITN while the majority 40 (66.7%) reported that they only sometimes slept under an ITN every night due to various factors including 14 (26.9%) causing too much heat, 12 (23.2%) said ITNs made it difficult to breathe, 8 (15.4%) disturbed to put up and down every night while 6 (11.5%) said it contained dangerous chemicals. In conclusion, the researcher noted that respondents faced various factors affecting utilization of ITN among pregnant mothers and this hence required immediate intervention to put preventive measures in practice and reduce the spread of malaria among pregnant mothers in the study setting | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/3687 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Insecticide treated mosquito nets | en_US |
| dc.subject | Malaria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Antenatal care | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kampala International University Teaching Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors affecting utilization of insecticide treated mosquito nets among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Ishaka | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |