Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme

The focus of India’s National Malaria Programme witnessed a paradigm shift recently from health facility to community-based approaches. The current thrust is on diagnosing and treating malaria by community health workers and prevention through free provision of long-lasting insecticidal nets. Howeve...

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Main Authors:	Das, Ashis, Das Gupta, R.K., Friedman, Jed, Pradhan, Madan M., Mohapatra, Charu C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	BioMed Central 2015
Subjects:	malaria prevention treatment sociocultural belief community response
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23161

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spelling	okr-10986-231612021-04-23T14:04:13Z Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme Das, Ashis Das Gupta, R.K. Friedman, Jed Pradhan, Madan M. Mohapatra, Charu C. malaria prevention treatment sociocultural belief community response The focus of India’s National Malaria Programme witnessed a paradigm shift recently from health facility to community-based approaches. The current thrust is on diagnosing and treating malaria by community health workers and prevention through free provision of long-lasting insecticidal nets. However, appropriate community awareness and practice are inevitable for the effectiveness of such efforts. In this context, the study assessed community perceptions and practice on malaria and similar febrile illnesses. This evidence base is intended to direct the roll-out of the new strategies and improve community acceptance and utilization of services. 2015-11-30T21:39:43Z 2015-11-30T21:39:43Z 2013-01-29 Journal Article Malaria Journal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23161 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank BioMed Central Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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spellingShingle	malaria prevention treatment sociocultural belief community response Das, Ashis Das Gupta, R.K. Friedman, Jed Pradhan, Madan M. Mohapatra, Charu C. Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
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description	The focus of India’s National Malaria Programme witnessed a paradigm shift recently from health facility to community-based approaches. The current thrust is on diagnosing and treating malaria by community health workers and prevention through free provision of long-lasting insecticidal nets. However, appropriate community awareness and practice are inevitable for the effectiveness of such efforts. In this context, the study assessed community perceptions and practice on malaria and similar febrile illnesses. This evidence base is intended to direct the roll-out of the new strategies and improve community acceptance and utilization of services.
format	Journal Article
author	Das, Ashis Das Gupta, R.K. Friedman, Jed Pradhan, Madan M. Mohapatra, Charu C.
author_facet	Das, Ashis Das Gupta, R.K. Friedman, Jed Pradhan, Madan M. Mohapatra, Charu C.
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title	Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
title_short	Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
title_full	Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
title_fullStr	Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
title_full_unstemmed	Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme
title_sort	community perceptions on malaria and care-seeking practices in endemic indian settings : policy implications for the malaria control programme
publisher	BioMed Central
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Community Perceptions on Malaria and Care-Seeking Practices in Endemic Indian Settings : Policy Implications for the Malaria Control Programme

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