The issue is not 'compliance': exploring exposure to malaria vector bites through social dynamics in Burkina Faso

• Published in: Anthropology & medicine Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 508 - 525
• Main Authors: Guglielmo, Federica, Ranson, Hilary, Sagnon, N'falé, Jones, Caroline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 01.12.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles; Anthropology, Medical; assemblage; Bednets; Burkina Faso; Compliance; Ethnography; exposure; Humans; Insecticides; lifeways; Malaria; Malaria - prevention & control; Mosquito Vectors; Social dynamics; Social factors; Social systems; Uptake; Burkina Faso; lifeways; assemblage; exposure; compliance; Bednets; ethnography

Credited with averting almost 68% of new cases between 2000 and 2015, insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are one of the most efficacious malaria-prevention tools. Their effectiveness, however, depends on if and how they are used, making 'compliance' (and the social factors affecting it) a...