Willingness to pay for a mosquito bite prevention 'forest pack' in Cambodia: results of a discrete choice experiment.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101139802 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1475-2875 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14752875 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Malar J Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2002-
    • Subject Terms:
      Insect Repellents* ; Insect Bites and Stings*/prevention & control ; Mosquito Control*/methods ; Mosquito Control*/economics ; Forests*; Cambodia ; Female ; Male ; Humans ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Malaria/prevention & control ; Middle Aged ; Pyrethrins ; Animals ; Adolescent ; Insecticides ; Cyclopropanes ; Fluorobenzenes ; Piperidines
    • Abstract:
      Background: Progress towards malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion has left much of the residual malaria transmission concentrated among forest-exposed populations for whom traditional domicile focused malaria vector control is unlikely to be effective. New tools to protect these populations from vector biting outdoors are needed.
      Methods: Alongside implementation research on the deployment of a "forest pack" consisting of a volatile pyrethroid (transfluthrin)-based spatial repellent (VPSR), a picaridin-based topical repellent and etofenprox treatment of clothing, an assessment was made of participant willingness to pay for the forest packs and variants of the packs using a discrete choice experiment.
      Results: Participants showed willingness to pay for forest packs consistent with full-cost recovery for VPSR devices. The inclusion of a full malaria season's worth of VPSR devices increased the willingness to pay for a forest pack by 15% (p = 0.061). At a price of approximately 10 USD, approximately 50% of participants were willing to pay for a forest pack which included a full season's worth of VPSR.
      Conclusion: Forest packs which include VPSR are likely to be acceptable to the target forest-exposed populations, and those which include VPSR products may even have potential for commercial sales or some cost-recovery.
      Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the University of California’s Human Research Protection Program Institutional Review Board (IRB 22-36956) and the Cambodia Ministry of Health National Ethics Committee for Health Research (NECHR 296). Informed consent was sought by each participant prior to enrollment. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
      (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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    • Grant Information:
      A134328 Innovative Vector Control Consortium
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Cambodia; Discrete choice; Greater Mekong Subregion; Malaria; Spatial repellent; Topical repellent; Vector control; Willingness to pay
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Insect Repellents)
      0 (Pyrethrins)
      QWL3SKA6EG (transfluthrin)
      0 (Insecticides)
      N51GQX0837 (picaridin)
      0 (Cyclopropanes)
      0 (Fluorobenzenes)
      0 (Piperidines)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20241220 Date Completed: 20241220 Latest Revision: 20250104
    • Publication Date:
      20250104
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11658235
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12936-024-05224-2
    • Accession Number:
      39702135