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This study aims to answer the following questions useful for improving interventions and monitoring and evaluating program effectiveness in the following areas: What are important determinants of ITN use for female care-givers of children aged less than five years? What progress had been made between 2006 and 2007 on the following indicators?: a) household ITN ownership and use for children under five in accessible urban areas, b) opportunity, ability and motivation related determinants of
ITN use, c) exposure to PSI and non-PSI malaria related intervention activities and d) output level logical frame work indicators not addressed by OAM determinants of ITN use. Did the Rwanda ITN social marketing program have an influence on ITN use and determinants of ITN use?

The baseline survey covered a representative sample of 7000 women ages 15 to 49 years. A stratified random sampling was used as the 6 strata former provinces of the country are: Kigali Ville, Kigali Ngali, Gitarama, Butare, Gikongoro and Byumba. The collection tool for this investigation was the individual questionnaire pre-encoded, using PDAs. The questionnaire was structured around the three following sections: sociodemographic characteristics surveyed, and risk behaviors compared to
Malaria, the determinants of ITN use. Analysis Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to determine the factors that influence the use of the net for women caregivers of children under 5 years in terms of motivation, opportunity and capacity. The statistical tests Chi Squared are used to determine the level of statistical significance obtained.