Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka
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Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka. / Konradsen, F; Hoek, Wim van der; Amerasinghe, P H; Amerasinghe, F P; Fonseka, K T.
In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 91, No. 2, 1997, p. 127-30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka
AU - Konradsen, F
AU - Hoek, Wim van der
AU - Amerasinghe, P H
AU - Amerasinghe, F P
AU - Fonseka, K T
N1 - Keywords: Acetaminophen; Antimalarials; Chloroquine; Cost of Illness; Female; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Malaria; Male; Mosquito Control; Rural Health; Sri Lanka
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - A study of the cost of malaria at the household level, community perceptions, preventive measures and illness behaviour linked to the disease was undertaken in 5 villages in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The surveyed community had a high knowledge of malaria, although side effects of antimalarial drugs were often confused with symptoms of the disease. The community sought prompt diagnosis and treatment at 'western-type' facilities, with 84% making use of government facilities as their first choice and 16% preferring private facilities. The preventive measures used were burning coils (54% of families) and special leaves (69% of families), and 93% of the families had their houses sprayed with insecticides. Average direct expenditure on a single malaria episode was $3 US, with some families spending more than 10% of the annual household net income per episode. The highest expenditure was on special diets for the sick person, to neutralize the perceived heating effect of the disease and its treatment.
AB - A study of the cost of malaria at the household level, community perceptions, preventive measures and illness behaviour linked to the disease was undertaken in 5 villages in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The surveyed community had a high knowledge of malaria, although side effects of antimalarial drugs were often confused with symptoms of the disease. The community sought prompt diagnosis and treatment at 'western-type' facilities, with 84% making use of government facilities as their first choice and 16% preferring private facilities. The preventive measures used were burning coils (54% of families) and special leaves (69% of families), and 93% of the families had their houses sprayed with insecticides. Average direct expenditure on a single malaria episode was $3 US, with some families spending more than 10% of the annual household net income per episode. The highest expenditure was on special diets for the sick person, to neutralize the perceived heating effect of the disease and its treatment.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 9196747
VL - 91
SP - 127
EP - 130
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0035-9203
IS - 2
ER -
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