Table 2.

Word groups used to identify relevant articles

Word group 1 – Population	Word group 2 – Intervention	Word group 3 – Disease or conditions, context or setting	Word group 4 – Outcomes
‘Male’ OR ‘Female’ OR ‘Adult’ OR ‘Child*’ OR ‘Elderly’	‘Insecticide treated bed net’ OR ‘ITNs’ OR ‘LLIN’ OR ‘bed net’ OR ‘Indoor Residual Spray’ OR ‘IRS’ OR ‘Intermittent’ OR ‘Prevent*’ OR ‘Treat*’ OR ‘Artemisinin-based Combination Theory’ OR ‘ACT’ OR ‘community education’ or ‘health promotion’ OR ‘public health’ OR ‘primary care’ OR ‘prevent*’ OR ‘control*’ OR ‘Preventative care’	‘Malaria’ OR ‘mosquito’ OR ‘febrile patients’ OR ‘South Asia[*1]’ OR ‘SAARC’ OR ‘Afghanistan’ OR ‘Afghanistan[*1]’ OR ‘Bhutan’ OR ‘Bhutan[*3]’ OR ‘Nepal’ OR ‘Nepal[*3]’ OR ‘India’ OR ‘India[*1]’ OR ‘Pakistan’ OR ‘Pakistan[*1]’ OR ‘Bangladesh’ OR ‘Maldives’ OR ‘Sri Lanka’ OR ‘Sri Lanka[*1]’	‘Improv*’ OR ‘improvement’ OR ‘access*’ OR ‘utilization’ OR ‘utilization’ OR ‘utilis*’ OR ‘utilize*’ OR ‘aware’ OR ‘prevent*’ OR ‘control*’ OR ‘mortality and morbidity’ OR ‘quality of life’ ‘Health need’ OR ‘outcome’ OR ‘results’ OR ‘quality’ OR ‘impact’ OR ‘effective’ OR ‘change’ ‘Knowledge’ OR ‘awareness’ OR ‘attitude’ OR ‘beliefs’ OR ‘behavior’ ‘community knowledge’ OR ‘community response’
Inclusion criteria (limit): Population: human Publication date: 1990–2015 Document/record type: peer-review article Issues or attributes: studies focusing on knowledge, attitudes and belief associated with the prevention and control measures of malaria Location: South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Afghanistan) Language: English

All groups are combined using Boolean operators.