title: [Malaria prevention practices in peri-urban zones of two health districts of Burkina Faso].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malaria prevention constitutes a key strategy to control this disease in Burkina Faso.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study conducted in July and August 2011, assessed malaria prevention practices of populations of peri-urban zones of the Bogodogo and Boulmiougou health districts of the city of Ouagadougou.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 180 household heads, 192 mothers of children under the age of 5 years and 30 pregnant women were surveyed. For 86.7% household heads, 92% of mothers of children under the age of five years and 96.5% of pregnant women, mosquito bites represented the main mode of transmission of malaria. The majority of survey subjects reported a preference for mosquito coils rather than mosquito nets on the night preceding the survey.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The content of malaria prevention communication must take into account sociodemographic realities and lifestyles of population groups, such as those living in peri-urban regions.
authors.forename: Koiné Maxime
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Drabo
authors.forename: Asséta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawadogo
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laokri
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saizonou
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hien
authors.forename: Tinoaga Laurent
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ouedraogo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult