NCT00169117|Completed
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Sponsor study identifier
interventional
772
1 country
1
Study Start
June 2002
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
December 2002
Actual (reported)Study Completion
December 2002
Actual (reported)Although the use of mosquito nets has increased in Africa, many of the nets used are in a poor state, and not an effective barrier against mosquitoes. This pilot study examines whether subsistence farmers in rural Africa can be encouraged to repair their mosquito nets and use their bednets appropriately. Attitudes and practises on sewing and net use were examined in The Gambia and an intervention developed to promote net repair. Songs and posters were used to emphasise the importance of repairing nets and their correct use, and served as aural and visual reminders to repair nets now rather than postpone this household chore. The intervention was aimed at effectively and cheaply turning a poor net into a good one.
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December 2002
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June 2002
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
December 2002
Actual (reported)December 2002
Actual (reported)September 13, 2005
Actual (reported)September 15, 2005
Actual (reported)Number of bednets repaired (pre- vs post intervention)
November 2003
Mean proportion of holes repaired/net (pre- vs post intervention)
November 2003
Reduction in mosquitoes with a good net compared with a poor one (pre-intervention survey).
November 2003
Reduction in mosquitoes with a good net compared with a repaired net (post-intervention survey)
November 2003
Community acceptability
November 2003
Behavioural intervention: Songs/posters aimed at behaviour change to increase repair and maintenance of mosquito nets
This was a behavioural intervention, using songs and posters composed/designed by community members which aimed at behaviour change to increase repair and maintenance of mosquito nets
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Medical Research Council Laboratories
Farafenni, The Gambia
Lomas H, Panter-Brick C, Clarke S, Lindsay S, Pinder M & Walraven G. (2004). A community intervention to repair bed nets for malaria prevention in the Gambia [abstract]. Annals of Human Biology, 31(1): 116
Panter-Brick C, Clarke SE, Lomas H, Pinder M, Lindsay SW. Culturally compelling strategies for behaviour change: a social ecology model and case study in malaria prevention. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Jun;62(11):2810-25. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.009. Epub 2005 Dec 13.
Steven W Lindsay, PhD
University of Durham
Sian E Clarke, PhD
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK
Catherine Panter-Brick, PhD
University of Durham
772 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
September 13, 2005
First Posted
September 15, 2005
Study Start
June 2002
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
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Primary Completion
December 2002
Actual (reported)Study Completion
December 2002
Actual (reported)Last Updated
January 12, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-01
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