Characteristics | N = 331 | Percentage (%) |
Sensitization | ||
Yes | 268 | 81.0 |
No | 63 | 19.0 |
Information source | ||
Hospital | 276 | 83.4 |
Television/Radio | 76 | 22.9 |
School | 54 | 16.3 |
Social Networks | 7 | 2.1 |
Community | 37 | 11.2 |
Symptoms | ||
Headache | 50 | 15.1 |
Fever | 253 | 76.4 |
Arthromyalgia | 207 | 62.5 |
Chill | 157 | 47.4 |
Others | 81 | 24.5 |
Transmission | ||
Mosquito bite | 208 | 62.8 |
Otherinsects bite (fly, etc) | 123 | 37.2 |
Preventive means | ||
Use of Long-Lasted Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) | 243 | 73.4 |
Environment sanitation | 137 | 41.4 |
Insecticide use | 58 | 17.5 |
Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine/Fansidar | 73 | 22.1 |
Knowledge of preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women | ||
Yes | 227 | 68.6 |
No | 104 | 31.4 |
Knowledge of benefits of IPT | ||
Yes | 125 | 37.8 |
No | 206 | 62.2 |
Global knowledge | 331 | |
Sufficient | 153 | 46.2 |
Insufficient | 178 | 53.8 |