Author(s), Year	Region(s); District(s)	Methods	Participants (n)	Objective	ITN and/or LLIN
Beer et al., 2012	Unguja North region; Kaskazini A district	In-depth interviews	Caretakers of Children under five	Study explored the perceptions of malaria and bed-net use after a noticeable reduction in malaria incidence.	ITN and LLIN
Makemba et al., 1995	Pwani region; Bagamoyo district	House-to-house surveys	Village members	Study aimed to identify problems to sustainable implementation of bed-nets	ITN
Widmar et al., 2009	Kagera region; Karagwe district	Household interviews, randomised surveys	Village members	Study aimed to achieve high, sustainable levels of net coverage in a village in rural Tanzania by combining free distribution of long-lasting insecticide-impregnated nets (LLINs) with community-tailored education.	LLIN
Makungu et al., 2017	Dar es Salaam region; Kigamboni, Temeke, and Kinondoni districts	Focus groups discussions, in-depth interviews and photovoice methods	Residents of Dar es Salaam	Study explored mosquito control perceptions and practices among residents in four study sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	LLIN
Minja & Obrist, 2005	Morogoro region; Kilombero and Ulanga districts	Ethnographic methods (intensive participant observation, focus group discussions, interviews, meetings, cross-sectional study)	Residents of Kilombero and Ulanga District	Study critically reconsidered social and cultural aspects of project implementation with focus on knowledge and its communication	ITN
Don de Savigny et al., 2012	All districts and regions in Tanzania & Ghana*	Interpretive and qualitative interviews	Members of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), members of regional and district health management teams, and health facility staff, voucher scheme management agents, importers and distributors of mosquito nets, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, pharmacists and members of staff of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) co-ordinators of the voucher schemes)	Study aimed to understand different outcomes, voucher programme in Tanzania was compared to the program in Ghana	ITN and LLIN
NNko et al., 2012	Mwanza region; Sengerema district	Ethnographic fieldwork, household survey, in depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation, close ended questionnaire	Opinion leaders, health workers, heads of households and village leaders	Study explored reasons for scepticism and low uptake of ITNs that were promoted through social marketing strategy for malaria control prior to the introduction of LLNs	ITN
Mushi et al., 2003	Morogoro region; Kilombero and Ulanga districts	focus group discussions, interviews	Community leaders, parents of children under 5, child health clinic staff and retail agents	Study aimed to understand malaria control with treated nets	ITN
Kikumbih et al., 2005	Morogoro region; Kilombero and Ulanga districts	Case studies, natural experiment, Household surveys, Pre-tested household questionnaire, Focus group discussions	Residents of the Kilombero and Ulanga districts	Study used social marketing approach in two districts of Tanzania to stimulate development of market for ITN for malaria control	ITN
Njunwa et al., 1991	Tanga region; Muheza district	Pre-and post-intervention comparisons within each village	Village members	Study evaluated community wide use of pyrethroid impregnated nets as means of controlling holoendemic malaria in five villages	ITN