Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Strategies/materials used in malaria prevention.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:17.75em" /><col style="width:9.20em" /><col style="width:5.96em" /></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variables</td><td class="align_center">Frequency (N=246)</td><td class="align_center">Percent (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Use of smoke to drive away mosquitoes</td><td class="align_center">80</td><td class="align_center">32</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mosquito mat, coils, and liquid vaporizer</td><td class="align_center">178</td><td class="align_center">72</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mosquito spray</td><td class="align_center">134</td><td class="align_center">54</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Use of fan</td><td class="align_center">93</td><td class="align_center">38</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Covering of body with clothes</td><td class="align_center">124</td><td class="align_center">50</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mosquito net</td><td class="align_center">148</td><td class="align_center">60</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cleaning house</td><td class="align_center">154</td><td class="align_center">62</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Prevent water stagnation</td><td class="align_center">154</td><td class="align_center">62</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Covering containers</td><td class="align_center">115</td><td class="align_center">46</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Changing water in storage tanks</td><td class="align_center">123</td><td class="align_center">50</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Others</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">No idea</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 4 | Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

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