Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana
Table 3
Knowledge of vector characteristics and preventive measures.
Variable
Attributes
Frequency (n=246)
Percent (%)
Common breeding site
Running dirty water
36
15
Garbage/trash
81
33
Standing clean water
84
34
Standing dirty water
38
15
Running clean water
3
1
Plants/Vegetation
6
2
Most frequent mosquito bite time
Sunset/Dusk
47
19
Sunrise/Dawn
15
6
Morning
10
4
Night
176
71
Knowledge of preventive measures
Use of smoke to drive away mosquitoes
64
26
Mosquito mat, coils, and liquid vaporizer
222
90
Mosquito spray
208
84
Use of fan
107
43
Covering of body with clothes
89
36
Mosquito net
231
93
Cleaning house
138
56
No idea
2
1
Eradication of breeding site of mosquito
Prevent water stagnation
208
84
Covering containers
112
45
Changing water in storage tanks
142
57
Others
17
7
No idea
4
2
Proper disposal of waste
17
7
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