A conceptual overview of the effect of household behavior on malaria control and prevalence

• Main Authors: Maigemu, Ahmad Yahaya, Hassan, Kalthum
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/17101/1/5.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/17101/

Malaria is a global health challenge and remains a cause of morbidity and mortality. Africa bears the brunt of the challenge.Several intervention programs were initiated to control malaria by governments at local and international but the disease persists and continued to pose the huge challenge to human society.This paper seeks to discuss into three most important concepts (perceived vulnerability, seriousness and barriers) and how they lead people to take decision of health care seeking behavior.The health belief theory is used to understand how those concepts which are also among the constructs of the theory are explaining health behavior.The theory assumes that health behavior is determined by personal beliefs and perceptions and strategies available to decrease disease occurrence.The paper conclude that human behavior is an important instruments used to understand and predict human health behavior.