Influence of household behaviour on malaria control in Zamfara State North West Nigeria: A pilot study for instruments validation

• Main Authors: Maigemu, Ahmad Yahaya, Hassan, Kalthum
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/15454/1/11.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/15454/; http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p183

Malaria in Nigeria and Africa remains most important health problem.It remains a vital public health fear of our time.Human behaviour is a tremendous challenge that must be addressed if malaria control and ultimately elimination is to be successful. This study was aimed to measure the validity and reliability of instruments of household behaviour on malaria control.The reliability of each construct is determined using Cronbach’s Alpha statistics. The Cronbach’s Alpha results provide evidence and good acceptable value that indicates the instruments were sufficiently valid and reliable.