Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia
Table 4
Attitude of community respondents about onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.
| Indicative questions on attitude | Response category | Frequency (%) |
| How do you/your family perceive CDT with ivermectin? | Very useful | 207 (68.5) | Partially useful | 94 (31.1) | Not useful | 1 (0.3) | Do you think the program on controlling onchocerciasis is effective? | Strongly disagree | 23 (7.6) | Disagree | 15 (5.0) | Undecided | 22 (7.3) | Agree | 58 (19.2) | Strongly agree | 184 (60.9) | What do you recommend to continue the program? | Drug supply | 171 (56.6) | Incentive for CDD | 76 (25.2) | Creating community awareness | 31 (10.3) | No comment | 24 (7.3) | Did the drug have any side effects? | Yes | 165 (54.6) | No | 137 (45.4) |
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