The Impact of Cooperative Social Organization on Reducing the Prevalence of Malaria and Intestinal Parasite Infections in Awramba, a Rural Community in South Gondar, Ethiopia
Table 4
Knowledge, attitude, and practice on malaria and intestinal parasites among Awramba and its neighboring communities in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia (November 2010–April 2011).
KAP about
Awramba community
(%)
Neighboring communities
(%)
Malaria as health problem
125 (63.8)
158 (80.6)
Mode of malaria transmission by mosquito bite
159 (81.1)
102 (52)
Stagnant water as a breeding site of mosquito
132 (67.3)
83 (42.3)
Protection of malaria vector by mosquito net
132 (67.3)
93 (47.4)
Consulting health centers when infected with malaria and intestinal parasites
168 (85.7)
145 (74)
Consulting traditional healers when infected with malaria and intestinal parasites
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3 (1.5)
Using herbal remedies as malaria treatment
2 (1)
6 (3.1)
Malaria as a severe disease if not treated
158 (80.6)
80 (40.8)
The responsibility of malaria control is of all stakeholders
103 (52.6)
66 (33.7)
Disposing home garbage in open ground
12 (6.1)
102 (52)
Attending health education
115 (58.7)
75 (38.3)
Disposing home garbage by burning
149 (76)
38 (19.4)
Possessing toilet
175 (89.3)
72 (36.7)
Using toilet
158 (58.7)
43 (38.3)
Not wearing shoes
2 (1)
59 (30.1)
Washing hands before meal and after toilet routinely
164 (83.7)
115 (58.2)
Eating vegetables without proper washing and cooking
