Eliminating Plasmodium falciparum in Hainan, China: a study on the use of behavioural change communication intervention to promote malaria prevention in mountain worker populations

Table 7 Malaria-related KAPs of the mountain worker populations longitudinally compared in different areas before and after intervention

Gender	Content	Testing area						Control area
		Before intervention		After intervention		χ ²	p	Before intervention		After intervention		χ ²	p
		N	%	N	%			N	%	N	%
Male	K	121	38.30	249	84.40	135.84	0.00*	84	46.40	91	45.30	0.05	0.82
	A	112	35.40	257	87.10	170.33	0.00*	75	41.40	93	46.30	0.90	0.34
	P	140	44.30	263	89.20	136.67	0.00*	81	44.80	84	41.80	0.34	0.56
Female	K	85	37.00	245	94.20	182.05	0.00*	69	34.80	70	36.50	0.11	0.74
	A	90	39.10	251	96.50	190.07	0.00*	74	37.40	80	41.70	0.75	0.39
	P	95	41.30	249	95.80	173.07	0.00*	87	43.90	82	42.70	0.06	0.81

*p < 0.01.
Testing area 546 persons (male, 316; female, 230) and control area 379 persons (male, 181; female, 198) participated in the survey before the intervention, testing area 555 persons (male, 295; female, 260) and control area 393 persons (male, 201; female, 192) participated in the survey after the intervention.

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