Factors associated with mobile phone ownership and potential use for rabies vaccination campaigns in southern Malawi
作者机构：不详 The Royal(Dick)School of Veterinary StudiesDivision of Veterinary Clinical StudiesThe University of EdinburghHospital for Small AnimalsEaster Bush Veterinary CentreRoslinMidlothianUK
出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第9卷第3期
页 面：136-137页
核心收录：
学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
基 金：Dogs Trust Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BBSRC, (BB/J004235/1, BB/P013740/1) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BBSRC
主 题：Rabies Mass vaccination mHealth Short message service
摘 要：Background:Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease,which causes an estimated 59000 human deaths globally every *** vast majority of human rabies cases are attributable to bites from infected domestic dogs and consequently control of rabies in the dog population through mass vaccination campaigns is considered the most effective method of eliminating the *** the WHO target of 70%vaccination coverage has proven challenging in low-resource settings such as Sub Saharan Africa,and lack of public awareness about rabies vaccination campaigns is a major barrier to their *** this study we surveyed communities in three districts in Southern Malawi to assess the extent of and socio-economic factors associated with mobile phone ownership and explore the attitudes of communities towards the use of short message service(SMS)to inform them of upcoming rabies vaccination ***:This study was carried out between 1 October–3 December 2018 during the post-vaccination assessment of the annual dog rabies campaign in Blantyre,Zomba and Chiradzulu districts,Malawi.1882 questionnaires were administered to households in 90 vaccination *** surveys gathered data on mobile phone ownership and use,and barriers to mobile phone access.A multivariable regression model was used to understand factors related to mobile phone ***:Most survey respondents owned or had use of a mobile phone,however there was evidence of an inequality of access,with higher education level,living in Blantyre district and being male positively associated with mobile phone *** principal barrier to mobile phone ownership was the cost of the phone *** feature phones were most common and few owned *** was commonly used and the main reason for not using SMS was *** to receiving SMS reminders about future rabies vaccination campaigns were ***:The study showed a majority of those surveyed have the use of
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