World Health Organization : Year 2003 ; The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Str Seb Vol, No. 03.1: The Behavioural and Social Aspects of Malaria and its Control

By Andrew Spielman

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 2003 ; The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Str Seb Vol, No. 03.1: The Behavioural and Social Aspects of Malaria and its Control
Author:	Andrew Spielman
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This publication was made possible through support provided by the Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition of the Global Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development, under the terms of Grant No. HRN-A- 00-96-90010-00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development. We are also grateful for the substantial support provided by the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), and, in particular, we would like to thank Dr Carlos Morel, TDR's Director, and Dr Johannes Sommerfeld, Manager, Social, Economic and Behavioural Research (SEB), TDR. We wish to acknowledge Dr Jonathon Simon, Director, Center for International Health and Development (CIHD), Boston University School of Public Health, for his continued support of this effort which the authors carried out as part of their work at CIHD. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Pritha Sen to Chapter Six: Gender relations and special roles of women in malaria risk and control. The manuscript has benefited from the critical reviews and encouragement of our colleagues at CIHD, as well as from Professor Peter Brown at Emory University, two anonymous reviewers and from Prof. Christopher Curtis for comments on Chapter Two. A special thank you to our editor, Susan Pasternack, of Boston and to Scott Buquor and Lisa Schwarb for the layout.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Sociocultural and equity issues in malaria control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CHAPTER 2 History and review of malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CHAPTER 3 Perceptions about the aetiology and transmission of malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 CHAPTER 4 The acceptance and use of western technology versus local methods in malaria treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 CHAPTER 5 Malaria transmission and control: Human mobility, refugees and resettlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 CHAPTER 6 Bednet usage and its acceptance at the local level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 CHAPTER 7 Gender relations and the special roles of women in malaria risk and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 CHAPTER 8 Community participation and involvement in malaria control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 CHAPTER 9 Conclusion: Malaria control and its dependence on sociocultural understanding, social development, and equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153