Exploring the key anthropological drivers of and barriers to zoonotic malaria preventative behaviour in a community exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi infection in Malaysia: protocol for a qualitative study with a participatory research design

• Main Authors: Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Culleton, Richard, Rozita Hod, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33908/1/Exploring%20the%20key%20anthropological%20drivers%20of%20and%20barriers%20to%20zoonotic%20malaria%20preventative%20behaviour%20in%20a%20community%20exposed%20to%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33908/2/Exploring%20the%20key%20anthropological%20drivers%20of%20and%20barriers%20to%20zoonotic%20malaria%20preventative%20behaviour%20in%20a%20community%20exposed%20to%20Plasmodium%20knowlesi%20infection%20in%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33908/; https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/12/6/e060866.full.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060866
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Introduction: Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is a zoonotic mosquito-borne disease with complex epidemiology. According to the WHO, the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases require community participation to increase coherence between malaria interventions and sustainable public health progra...