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 6 Malaria-related KAPs of the mountain worker populations laterally compared in different areas before and after intervention

Gender	Content	Before intervention						After intervention
		Testing area		Control area		χ ²	p	Testing area		Control area		χ ²	p
		n	%	n	%			n	%	n	%
Male	K	121	38.30	84	46.40	3.13	0.08	249	84.40	91	45.30	84.92	0.00*
	A	112	35.40	75	41.40	1.76	0.18	257	87.10	93	46.30	96.04	0.00*
	P	140	44.30	81	44.80	0.01	0.92	263	89.20	84	41.80	127.60	0.00*
Female	K	85	37.00	69	34.80	0.21	0.65	245	94.20	70	36.50	174.51	0.00*
	A	90	39.10	74	37.40	0.14	0.71	251	96.50	80	41.70	169.63	0.00*
	P	95	41.30	87	43.90	0.30	0.58	249	95.80	82	42.70	158.62	0.00*

*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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