Table 2 Knowledge, attitude and practice of household respondents towards malaria, Jimma town, 2010
From: Urban malaria and associated risk factors in Jimma town, south-west Ethiopia
Variables | Household respondents (N = 291) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Frequency | Percentage |
Cause of malaria | Plasmodium | 209 | 71.8 |
| Â | Unhygienic condition | 38 | 13.1 |
| Â | Cold weather | 4 | 1.4 |
| Â | Not know | 40 | 13.8 |
Malaria is transmittable | Yes | 196 | 67.4 |
| Â | No | 33 | 11.3 |
| Â | Not know | 62 | 21.3 |
Ways of malaria transmission | Mosquito bite | 173 | 59.5 |
| Â | Body contact with infected persons | 16 | 5.5 |
| Â | Respiratory routes | 2 | 0.7 |
| Â | Not know | 100 | 34.4 |
Breeding site of mosquito | Stagnant water | 228 | 78.4 |
| Â | Animal wastes | 3 | 1.0 |
| Â | Not know | 60 | 20.6 |
Malaria is treatable and preventable | Yes | 256 | 88 |
| Â | No | 6 | 2 |
| Â | Not know | 29 | 10 |
Outcome of malaria if not treated early | Death | 211 | 72.5 |
| Â | Self-cure | 46 | 15.8 |
| Â | Disability | 2 | 0.6 |
| Â | Not know | 32 | 11.1 |