Table 4 Selected Illustrative Comments II
From: An exploratory study of treated-bed nets in Timor-Leste: patterns of intended and alternative usage
Topic | Quote | District |
|---|---|---|
ITN decision- making within households | Query: "Who decides which household members sleep under the nets you own?" | Â |
| Â | "The chief of the family, or it could be other members of the family." (Woman) | Dili |
| Â | "Mothers are the ones that make decisions for the kids." (Women) | Dili |
| Â | "Both the husband and the wife decide these things." (Woman) | Dili |
| Â | "The doctors decide for us." (Man) | Manatuto |
| Â | "...the man makes the decisions." (Man) | Manatuto |
| Â | "The man is the chief of the family." (Women) | Covalima |
| Â | "...because the man is the chief of the family" (Men) | All sites |
ITN Usage, beliefs and patterns | "Nets are only for young children." (Men and women) | All sites |
| Â | "The mosquito nets separated couples to sleep in different rooms." (Woman) | Manatuto |
| Â | "The mosquito net is only for pregnant mothers and it is not for fathers." (Women) | Manatuto |
| Â | "As far as I am concerned two family members only can use mosquito nets- they are the mother and the child." (Man) | Manatuto |
| Â | "We are not to use nets, but we use them when we feel cool. The doctor also mentioned that it's not for the man." (Man) | Manatuto |
| Â | "Depending on the bed net, it could be two, three, four, five up to six people sleeping under it." (Women) | Covalima |
| Â | "Fathers cannot sleep inside the mosquito net if the mother is pregnant or has a small baby." (Man) | Covalima |