Understanding psychosocial determinants of malaria behaviours in low-transmission settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent estimates show progress toward malaria elimination is slowing in many settings, underscoring the need for tailored approaches to fight the disease. In addition to essential structural changes, human behaviour plays an important role in elimination. Engagement in malaria behaviours depends in part on psychosocial determinants such as knowledge, perceived risk, and community norms. Understanding the state of research on psychosocial determinants in low malaria transmission settings is important to augment social and behaviour change practice. This review synthesizes research on psychosocial factors and malaria behaviours in low-transmission settings.

Methods

A systematic search of peer-reviewed literature and supplemental manual search of grey literature was

SUBMITTER: Casella A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10782749 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature