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Table 1 Malaria causation beliefs among participants, and among other villagers as described by participants, IPC, Kenya

From: "Before we used to get sick all the time": perceptions of malaria and use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) in a rural Kenyan community

Malaria is caused by:

Total (N = 34)

Self 1

 

Mentioned mosquitoes as cause

33 (97.1%)

Mentioned environmental cause2

9 (26.5%)

Mentioned bad food/water consumption as cause

8 (23.5%)

Mentioned cold temperatures/rain as cause

13 (38.2%)

Mentioned mosquitoes solely as cause

15 (44.1%)

Mentioned mosquitoes plus additional cause

18 (52.9%)

Mentioned both an accurate and an inaccurate cause

16 (47.1%)

Others

 

Mentioned mosquitoes as cause

20 (58.8%)

Mentioned environmental cause

5 (14.7%)

Mentioned bad food/water consumption as cause

6 (17.6%)

Mentioned cold temperatures/rain as cause

6 (17.6%)

Mentioned mosquitoes solely as cause

14 (41.2%)

Mentioned mosquitoes plus additional cause

6 (17.6%)

Did not mention moquitoes; mentioned other cause

9 (26.5%)

Did not know cause

5 (14.7%)

  1. 1Participants could mention more than one cause
  2. 2Environmental cause: pollution, standing water, garbage, dirty, brush