Net Tourney Case Study.docx.docx
Category: Net Maintenance
Suggested audience: Everyone
Source: Senegal
Net Repair and Care Event Tourney
Background
This event was based off of the one done for World Malaria Day event in 2012. It was repeated in September and October of 2012 in 20 different villages in the Kolda region of Senegal.
Materials
-25 sewing needles per event (buy extra to compensate for lost needles)
-1 large bar of peanut soap per 6 nets
-6 medium sized wash basins
-20 meters of thick rope (for hanging the nets)
-36 clothes pins
-Monitor and Evaluating sheets
-1 large spool of string (usually enough for 50 nets)
-Benches and chairs (as available to you)
-Mats/ground coverings for the repair station
-(Optional) 1 Radio/Music + Extra Batteries – Not necessary, but definitely improved the atmosphere
Set up
-Ask the hosting volunteer to invite their village and to pick a location near a water source, lots of shade and some place to hang the rope for drying the nets.
- Clean and sweep the area prior to the event.
-Fill the wash basins with water and set them up in a circle near the water source. Place a quarter of a bar of soap on each basin.
-Set up several chairs and benches around the perimeter, as is available to you.
-Run the rope between branches of a tree to be used as lines for the nets to dry. Make sure you have enough lines, otherwise people resort to hanging their nets on fences and in the sun.
-Cut the string into 1-2meter long pieces to hand out.
-Cut each bar of soap into four pieces and keep nearby to refill the soap at the wash station.
-Have drinking water available near the check-in station.
Process
Have four stations set up: Check-in, net repair, washing, and drying.
*When someone arrives at the event, they must first “register” their nets with a volunteer. See below.
After the nets are all registered, they are given a needle and a meter of string to repair their net. If they do not know how to sew, a local health worker or volunteer will assist.
When the net is fully repaired, the needle should be returned. The participant should then be directed to the washing station.
When the nets are all washed and rinsed, the participants should be directed to hang their nets on the line. Have a bag of clothes pins near the drying area. They can also bring their nets home to dry with directions to hang it on a line in the shade.
Throughout the event, local music was playing in the background. I think people really enjoyed singing along and dancing while they worked with their nets.
**About half way through the event, a local health worker held and educational question and answer session for about 20 minutes regarding malaria.
Additional Notes
-Most events were held in the morning- they usually ran from 9 AM to 1 PM.
-The educational portion was generally held after everyone had been checked in but had not yet left. This was not a good way to time it- it frequently did not happen. However, when we tried to run it before the participants usually asked us to postpone it until they were ready, but then they left to go make and eat lunch.
-I ended up biking with all of the materials to the majority of the participating villages. The soap and wash basins weighed the bike down a lot and also made it quite unstable. If this is your main means of transportation, I would recommend going to villages with well maintained bush paths or near to the road.
*Monitor and Evaluating
Name:_______________________________
*DHS specific
** CDC/USAID?
If this home-visit being conducted with a community health worker/counterpart, please write his/her name**:____________
Initial Survey
Does your household have (enough) useable mosquito nets to sleep under*? _______
If not, why* (circle)?
Not enough money
Not necessary
Use other means of protection
They are no mosquitoes
Do not like mosquito nets
Not sure
Other
For how many months/years have you slept under a mosquito net/ *?________
How many months of the year do members of your family sleep under mosquito nets(0-12)*?________
If you sleep outside of the bedroom (e.g., in a courtyard), do you and your family sleep under a net*? ________
Do the members of your household sleep under mosquito nets all-year-round*? (circle: Y / N )
If not, why (circle)*?
Not a lot of mosquitoes
Because of the heat
Do not like mosquito nets
Forgetfulness/negligence
Other
Ask the interviewee and others present if they will show you how they hang their net(s).
Number of people able to demonstrate how to correctly hang a net**
|Total ................
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