Authors : A.O. Fadoju , T.G. Safiu and T.J. Fadoju
Abstract: Malaria have had serious impact on mortality and morbidity in young children. The study focused on re-treatment process and dependence on herbs as inhibitors to using insecticide treated nets (ITNs) among mothers in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State. Three hundred participants who were mothers of children under 5 years old were selected through the purposive sampling technique to gather data for the study. The instrument was a self-developed modified likert-type structured questionnaire which was validated and subjected to a reliability test (r = 0.95). simple percentages and frequency counts were used to analyze demographic data while chi-square (x2) was used to test the significance of the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that re-treatment process was not seen as problem of using ITNs whereas dependence on herbs was significantly perceived as a major inhibitor to using ITNs. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the mothers have not really the ITNs use as complimenting other local methods of malaria prevention. Therefore, it was recommended that among others, the intervention programmes that would increase level of awareness about usefulness of ITNs among mothers of children under 5 years old should be carried out. And that Government should subsidize the cost of ITNs to make it affordable to the less privileged families.
A.O. Fadoju , T.G. Safiu and T.J. Fadoju , 2008. Retreatment Process and Dependence on Herbs as Inhibitors to Using Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNS) among Mothers in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 5: 489-492.