Laos (2006): Malaria TRaC Study Evaluating Net Use among the General Population Living in Malaria Endemic Areas Second Round

This survey had three main objectives: 1) to monitor the implementation of PSI/Laos' Malaria Control Program and measure trends in malaria-related behavior, product use and opportunity, and ability and motivation (OAM) factors over time, 2) to evaluate the program's impact on malaria prevention behaviors by comparing behaviors of those exposed and not exposed to PSI/Laos' activities, and 3) to perform segmentation analysis to determine which OAM and population characteristics had the greatest influence on a person's decision to engage in ITN use. This report is based on findings from two cross-sectional surveys implemented in June 2004 and December 2006 using multi-stage cluster designs. Trained field staff conducted face-to-face interviews at the household-level using structured questionnaires. All males and females aged 15 to 49 from randomly selected household were eligible to participate with a preference given to female heads-of-households. Using PSI's conventional monitoring, evaluation and segmentation methodology, all data were analyzed and are presented here in standard PSI Dashboard form.