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The Malaria Behavior Survey dashboard was designed for program managers to make decisions based on country-level data and disaggregated variables. Observations provided by researchers and actionable recommendations for social and behavior change are customized based on each country’s dataset.
The data in this dashboard has been intentionally presented and worded for ease of use and interpretation. For example, positive and negative correlations are easy to spot with green and gray bars, and statistically significant results are marked with red dots.
The length of green bars indicates not only the relative strength of correlation, but stacked on top of one another they are easily compared.
Perhaps the most useful feature of this dashboard is that users can interact with data. Selecting and toggling different sociodemographic variables makes it possible to quickly discern the prevalence of a given determinant of behavior.
Being able to quickly and easily toggle different determinants of behavior by varying sociodemographic factors helps program planners prioritize resources. For example, perceived self-efficacy or the confidence that one can do what it takes to avoid malaria might be highly correlated with using mosquito nets, but if the vast majority of people (or a specific sub set of people) already have high self-efficacy, it isn’t something to focus on or use resources trying to increase.
Questions program planners might be asking of the data are presented in plain language, rather than as indicators, and are customized for each country view.
The Malaria Behavior Survey is a cross-sectional household survey of malaria-related behaviors and the factors that drive or inhibit them. Understanding these drivers of behavior helps countries and program planners determine the appropriate focus of social and behavior change (SBC) programmatic activities to reduce the burden of malaria. The survey uses a theory-driven and standardized methodology to produce data to inform malaria social and behavior change interventions.
The results of the MBS are used to develop evidence-based malaria SBC programs and strategies by national malaria programs and other partners working in malaria SBC to increase insecticide-treated nets (ITN) use and care, prevention of malaria in pregnancy, prompt care seeking for fever, adherence to malaria test results, and where applicable, support seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) adherence and indoor residual spraying (IRS) acceptance.
Results can also be used to inform Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria concept notes, and in countries that receive funding from the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), to inform Malaria Operational Plan SBC priorities. While primarily a formative assessment tool, if implemented every 3-5 years, the MBS can be used in baseline-end line assessments and capture trends over time.
The MBS was implemented under Breakthrough ACTION.
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