Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Human Populations towards Malaria Control in Four Ecoepidemiological Settings in Cameroon

Table 3

Population knowledge and attitude concerning malaria prevention and usage of LLINs in Kaélé, Tibati, Santchou, and Bertoua.

Variables	Answers	Kaélé	Tibati	Bertoua	Santchou
		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Mode of transmission of malaria	Mosquito bites	93 (94)	83 (76.15)	174 (84.1)	229 (90.87)
	Dirt	0	1 (0.92)	00 (00)	19 (7.54)
	Cold	0	6 (5.50)	1 (0.4)	1 (0.4)
	Do not know	6 (6)	19 (17.43)	32 (15.31)	3 (1.1)
Mosquito bites at night	yes	99 (100)	115 (100)	247 (96.48)	242 (92.01)
Prevention measures used	Mosquito nets	99 (100)	102 (88.69)	245 (93.51)	253 (96.19)
	Insecticides sprays/coils	0 (00)	21 (18.26)	55 (20.99)	91 (34.60)
	Screen nets on windows	0 (00)	4 (3.48)	6 (2.29)	6 (2.28)
Period of use of Mosquito nets	Rainy season	1 (1.90)	5 (5.00)	82 (33.74)	76 (29.69)
	Dry season	0 (00)	5 (5.00)	26 (10.70)	5 (1.95)
	Regularly	98 (98.10)	90 (90)	135 (55.55)	176 (68.75)
Origin of bed nets used	Freely acquired	92 (96.84)	68 (71)	125 (71.84)	240 (94.11)
	Bought	3 (3.15)	28 (29)	49 (28.16)	15 (5.89)
Age of bed nets used	<6 months	2 (2.10)	3 (3.15)	79 (33.76)	158 (61.71)
	>6 months	00 (00)	7 (7.37)	78 (33.33)	37 (14.45)
	>1 years	2 (2.10)	10 (10.53)	31 (13.24)	32 (12.5)
	>2 years	91 (95.8)	75 (78.95)	46 (19.65)	29 (11.33)
Physical integrity of mosquito nets	Good	60 (62.22)	50 (45.45)	210 (85.71)	173 (67.05)
	Damaged	38 (38.78)	60 (54.55)	35 (14.29)	85 (32.95)
Reasons for not using mosquito nets regularly	Absence of mosquito nets	0 (0)	69 (84.15)	22 (11.96)	21 (33.87)
	Heat	1 (100)	8 (9.75)	65 (35.33)	36 (58.06)
	Forgetting	0 (0)	5 (6.10)	97 (52.72)	5 (8.06)

N: total of respondents.