Behaviour | Motivators/facilitators | Barriers |
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Repairing a net | • Perceived risk of malaria due to holes | • Holes are too big or too many |
• Belief that mosquitoes can enter even a small hole | • Prefer to replace with new net if affordable | |
• To save money on new nets or malaria treatment | • Duration (how long the repair would take; sewing or patching seen as slow) | |
• Desire to be perceived as responsible and conscientious | • Potential unattractiveness of repair (distortion due to knotting, neatness of sewing, color of material and thread used) | |
• Having a net that looks good (strong dislike of nets with holes) | • Not mentioned: Lack of materials, inability to sew, lack of knowledge of how to repair | |
• Perception that repair can be fast and easy; especially knotting and tying off holes | ||
• Awareness that small holes can get bigger | ||
• Not having enough money to obtain a new net | ||
• Realizing that a net that would have been considered unusable can still be used if repaired | ||
• Needle, threat, and patching materials easily available at low to no cost | ||
• How long the repair would last (sewing and patching seen as longer-lasting, knotting as quick to unravel) | ||
• Men appear to approve of their wives caring for and repairing nets | ||
Washing a net | Motivators for NOT washing frequently: | Barriers to NOT washing frequently: |
• Frequent washing could cause holes | • Desire to be perceived as a clean and responsible person | |
• Older nets more likely to tear during washing | • Frequent washing/cleanliness perceived as good care | |
• Cost of soap (a few participants) | • Believing nets should be treated like clothes and washed following the laundry schedule | |
• Understanding that frequent washing can reduce effectiveness of the ‘medicine’ in the net | • Belief that dirty nets could cause disease | |
• Household factors like bedwetting and dirt floors | ||
• Confusion about proper washing instructions | ||
• Lack of proper washing instruction at distribution | ||
Tying up a net or storing it when not in use | • Recognized as a good ‘routine’ | • Tiring to do daily |
• Prevent damage to nets by children | • Easy to forget | |
• Neat appearance | • Busy with morning rush to work/fields | |
• Heads of households (men and women both) appear to approve in principle |