Determinants of Ownership and Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Malaria knowledge and history in the past one year among respondents in Gursum district, Ethiopia, 2008.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Has anyone in your family caught malaria in the past one year?
Yes	81	24.2
No	254	75.8
If yes, what were the signs and symptoms he/she was experiencing?
Fever	80	23.9
Chills	77	23.0
Headache	75	22.4
Backache and generalized aching	58	17.3
Convulsion	29	8.7
Loss of consciousness (coma)	26	7.8
Place of treatment among households who faced malaria
Government health facility	65	81.2
Private clinic	12	15.0
Traditional healer	2	2.5
Buy drug from any shop	1	1.2
Did anyone in your family travel away from home in the last one month?
Yes	58	17.3
No	277	82.7
Did she/he use ITN while on travel
Yes	12	3.6
No	323	96.4
Source of information for ITN
Mass media	148	48.5
Health workers	87	28.5
Kebele leader	16	5.2
Health extensions workers	24	7.97
Neighborhood	30	9.83