Abstract
Introduction Insecticide treated bed net (ITN) is one type of cost-effective vector control approach for the prevention of malaria. It has to be treated with insecticide and needs ongoing treatment with chemicals. Malaria infcetion during pregnancy is a amajor health problem in Ethiopia. Little is known about the utilization of ITN by pregnant women in the study area. This study was aimed to assess utilization and associated factors of insecticide-treated nets among pregnant women in Adis Zemen Hospital. Methods This hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted in Adis Zemen from May 1 to 30, 2018, among 226 pregnant mothers. After obtaining informed consent, data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire via face to face interview. To reach the study unit, a systematic random sampling technique was used. The collected data were entered, cleaned, checked using Epi data version 3.1, and finally analyzed using SPSS version 20. Binary and multivariable logistic regressions were computed to identify significantly associated variables at 95% confidence interval. Result A total of 226 pregnant mothers attending antenatal clinics participated in making the response rate 100%. Among a total 226 subjects, 160(70.8%) of mothers had good utilization of insecticide bet net. Mothers who had an educational status of college and above were 2.8 times more likely to utilize insecticide-treated bed net than mothers who could not read and write (AOR; 2. 8: CI; 1.9, 6.5). Mothers whose age was >30 were 70% times less likely utilized insecticide-treated bed net than mothers whose age was 30 and less (AOR;.3: CI;.2,.6). Conclusion and Recommendation Utilization of insecticide-treated bed net by pregnant women is low in the study area. The participants' age, educational status, household monthly income, and husband educational status were significantly associated with utilization of insecticide-treated bed net. Different stakeholders shall give a special attention to awareness creation on advantageous of insecticide bed net.
Highlights
Insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) is one type of cost-effective vector control approach for the prevention of malaria and it has to be treated with insecticide and needs ongoing treatment. It implies that using ITN is very helpful way in the prevention of malaria transmission in highly endemic areas [1]
The finding of this study revealed that the overall utilization of ITN by pregnant women is 70.8%
This study revealed that the utilization of ITN was influenced by respondents’ educational status
Summary
Insecticide treated bed net (ITN) is one type of cost-effective vector control approach for the prevention of malaria. It has to be treated with insecticide and needs ongoing treatment with chemicals. Utilization of insecticide-treated bed net by pregnant women is low in the study area. Insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) is one type of cost-effective vector control approach for the prevention of malaria and it has to be treated with insecticide and needs ongoing treatment. It implies that using ITN is very helpful way in the prevention of malaria transmission in highly endemic areas [1]. According to WHO 2017, there were a total of 445, 000 deaths due to malaria in 2016 of which 90% of deaths were from the African region [4]
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