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 2 The proper rate of the major indexes of malaria-related KAPs among mountain worker populations before intervention

Index	Testing area		Control area		χ ²	p
	n	%	n	%
How malaria is spread	205	37.60	167	44.10	3.95	0.05*
Onset symptoms of malaria	314	57.60	199	52.50	2.27	0.13
Types of malaria	88	16.10	74	19.50	1.80	0.18
Malaria prevention methods	190	34.80	112	29.60	2.80	0.09
Mosquito breeding grounds	236	43.20	150	39.50	1.22	0.27
Anti-mosquito effect of insecticide treated bed nets	210	38.50	164	43.20	2.15	0.14
Whether avoiding mosquito can prevent malaria	264	48.30	209	55.10	4.13	0.04*
Using bed nets actively in the mountains	68	12.50	53	14.00	0.46	0.50
Acceptance of information about malaria	346	63.30	225	59.40	1.52	0.22
Preventive drugs for malaria	106	19.50	78	20.70	0.19	0.66
Treatment drugs for malaria	216	39.50	141	37.10	0.53	0.47
Method of preventive drugs	53	9.70	41	10.90	0.30	0.58
Having a plan to prevent mosquitoes	225	41.30	165	43.50	0.50	0.48
Having a plan to not sleep outdoors in the mountains	239	43.70	143	37.60	3.37	0.07
Taking preventive measures while working in the mountains	209	38.20	165	43.60	2.57	0.11
Percentage sleeping outdoors in the mountains	179	32.78	136	35.90	0.96	0.33
Actual use of a bed net at home	128	23.44	104	27.50	1.90	0.17
Accepting a blood test when having a fever	238	43.59	206	54.30	10.38	0.00*
Accepting ITNs at home	187	34.25	144	37.90	1.37	0.24
What to do when suffering from malaria	327	59.80	233	61.40	0.24	0.63

*p < 0.05.
Nine hundred twenty-five persons (testing area, 546; control area, 379) participated in the survey before undergoing the BBC-strategy-intervention.

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